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Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

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Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

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Description
Locality: 
Chantilly Quarry, Chantilly, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

This is a specimen of thick tabular crystals of hydroxyapophyllite-(K). The crystals have a central opaque white layer sandwiched between faintly pink transparent layers. The outer layers have thin points extending beyond the basal faces.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe Co., North Carolina, USA

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