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Paulingite & Phillipsite

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Description
Locality: 
Three Mile Creek, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Several clear crystals and crystal clusters of this rare zeolite, paulingite, with phillipsite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paulingite

Synonym Of: 

Paulingite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2,Ba)5[Al10Si35O90]·45H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.35
Hardness: 
5.0

Paulingite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Ba)5[Al10Si35O90]·45H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.35
Hardness: 
5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group

Phillipsite

Synonym Of: 

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group