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Mazzite-Mg Phillipsite

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Mazzite-Mg Phillipsite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Semiol, Châtelneuf, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Acicular crystals of mazzite-Mg with phillipsite. Collected 1981. Rich sample for species and location FOV 6 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mazzite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg,K,Ca)5(Si26Al10)O72·28H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.20
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mont Semiol (Mont Semiouse; Mont Simiouse), Châtelneuf, Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France

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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