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Thomsonite-Ca Chabazite & Todorokite

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Thomsonite-Ca Chabazite & Todorokite

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Description
Locality: 
Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Part of a vug in basaltic matrix lined with chabazite and covered with thomsonite-Ca. Some small spots of todorokite. Intensive orange coating by Fe/Mn 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

Chabazite

Synonym Of: 

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Sr

Formula: 
Sr2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

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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