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Phillipsite-K & Phillipsite-Ca

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Phillipsite-K & Phillipsite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Two large 10 mm phillipste-K/Ca crystals with minor chabazite and saponite.

Large crystals for the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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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