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Gmelinite Chabazite-Ca & Natrolite

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Gmelinite Chabazite-Ca & Natrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Avdellero, Larnaca District, Cyprus
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Part of a vug in pillow-lava with a spray of ntarolite and tabular crystals of a gmelinite-chabazite epitaxy. Collected 2000.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gmelinite

Synonym Of: 

Gmelinite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Gmelinite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Gmelinite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Colle del Lares, San Nicolò Valley, Buffaure Group, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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