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Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 6.3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

White to pale pinkish, lustrous individual stilbite crystals up to 0.4 cm and sphaeroidal aggregates of stilbite crystals on matrix from the famous Scottish locality Moonen Bay on the Isle of Skye. The crystals show no visible damage and are quite nicely developed. 

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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