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Phillipsite-Ca

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Phillipsite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Small basaltic rock sample with a very fine prominent phillipsite crystal. The phillipsite crystals from this location ar mostly zonar  with Ca and K dominant zones. Location now refilled.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lower Salt Lake Tuff, Puuloa Road, Oahu Island, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA

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