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Faujasite & Phillipsite-K

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Faujasite & Phillipsite-K

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Description
Locality: 
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Selected limburgite sample with a vug lined with faujasite octahederons some as twins and small hemispheres of phillipsite. FOV 6.8 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faujasite

Group Parent: 
Faujasite Subgroup

Phillipsite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Capo di Bove, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

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