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Lévyne & Offretite With Chabazite

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Lévyne & Offretite With Chabazite

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Description
Locality: 
Leith, Devonport, Central Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 3.7 cm
Description

Collected from the basalt outcrops in the intertidal zone near the Township of Leith,  to the east of the Forth river where it enters the sea, a specimen with siveral cavities some lined solely with chabazite & analcime whilst another has blades of levyne associated with offretite/erionite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Offretite

Formula: 
KCaMgAl5Si13O36·16H2O or near
Strunz: 
9.GD.25
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Mont Semiol (Mont Semiouse; Mont Simiouse), Châtelneuf, Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chabazite

Synonym Of: 

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Sr

Formula: 
Sr2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
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