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Catapleiite

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Catapleiite

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Description
Locality: 
Saint-Hilaire, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Beige pinkish catapleiite from MSH. Old material from the systematic collection of the german collector Buchholz. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Catapleiite

Formula: 
Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CA.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway