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Stilbite

ex collection J. Schöne, Dresden

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Description
Locality: 
Guanajuato, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

White to light tan colored stilbite crystals on matrix.

Old specimen from the 1950/60s from a seldom offered region.

ex collection Joachim Schöne, Dresden - with his original label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White

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