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Phillipsite-Na & Gonnardite

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Phillipsite-Na & Gonnardite

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Description
Locality: 
Aci Castello, Etna, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

fluffy white gonnardite with clear phillipsite,

A brown piece of matrix is covert all way around in milky white spherical formations of gonnardite, next to this you can found lots of clear but very sparkling balls of the zeolite phillipsite-Na.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phillipsite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

Gonnardite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
La Chaux de Bergonne, Gignat, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
Watto's Findings

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Seller's terms and conditions

First of all thank you for visiting my selling page and your interest in my available specimens.

as for terms and conditions, a lot is possible: communication is key...

Please send me your questions and I'll answer them as good as I'm able to.
combined shipping is no problem at all, I can fill most boxes up to 2kg before they will get to another shipping level and cost. 

in short just contact me and we'll find a way that works for the both of us.

cheers
erik

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