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Thomsonite-Ca & Todorokite

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Thomsonite-Ca & Todorokite

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Description
Locality: 
Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Small rock matrix with yellow coated , tabular thomsonite-Ca and small black spots of todorokite. The yellow coating is most likely also todorokite as fine dispersed particles.

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

Todorokite

Formula: 
(Ca,K,Na,Mg,Ba,Mn)(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.DK.10
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Todoroki mine, Yoichi, Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaido, Japan

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