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Mesolite & Stilbite

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Mesolite & Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Haldarsvik, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Group of clear mesolite crystals penetrating through a layer of tabular stilbite crystals. The lower part of the specimen was was powdery and desintegrated. Collected in 1982. Fragile, but can shipped in soap powder.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mesolite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0

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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