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Thomsonite-Ca

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Thomsonite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Skipagjogv Quarry, Funningsfjørđur, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7 × 10 × 5 cm
Weight: 
482.00gr
Description

Basaltic rock sample with a large vug showing hemispheres (5 mm) of thomsonite-Ca (faroelite) and some small amounts of  gyrolite and clay minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK

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