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Catapleiite

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Catapleiite

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Description
Locality: 
Sushina Hill, Purulia, West Bengal, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Transparent tabular catapleiite crystals of hexagonal contour in a cavity of a volcanic rock, lined by transparent analcime crystals.

Ex Francis Hubert #10753.

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

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