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Montmorillonite Psm Lévyne & Chabazite

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Montmorillonite Psm Lévyne & Chabazite

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Description
Locality: 
The Nobbies, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Bladed crystals of levyne have been completely pseudomorphed by grey montmorillionite and onto which a ball of chabazite variety phacolite has formed and then been almost completely covered with small calcite scalahedrons

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Montmorillonite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.40
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Montmorillon, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, 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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