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Vandermeerscheite & Phillipsite

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Vandermeerscheite & Phillipsite

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Description
Locality: 
Schellkopf, Brenk, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Clusters of tabular vandermeerscheite crystals (FOV 0.85 mm)  on phillipsite. Older specimen labelled uranylvanadate.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vandermeerscheite

Formula: 
K2[(UO2)2V2O8]·2H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
Orange-yellow
Type Locality: 
Schellkopf, Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Phillipsite

Synonym Of: 

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group

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