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Gmelinite-K On Chabazite-Ca Epitaxial

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Gmelinite-K On Chabazite-Ca Epitaxial

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Description
Locality: 
La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province,, Canary Islands, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Part of a vug in basaltic matrix with chabazite in the phacolite form with epitaxial overgrowth by gmelinite-K. Some brown coated thomsonite is also present.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gmelinite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Colle del Lares, San Nicolò Valley, Buffaure Group, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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