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Gismondine-Ca & Phillipsite

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Gismondine-Ca & Phillipsite

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Description
Locality: 
Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

Cavity in basalt lined with phillipsite and very good gismondine-Ca crystals. Some fine fibers of thaumasite are also present. Collected in 1981.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gismondine-Ca

Formula: 
CaAl2Si2O8·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Hardness: 
0.0

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

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