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Chabazite-K

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Chabazite-K

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Koashva Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.1 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

This is a good small cabinet specimen richly covered by the crystals of uncommon potassium rich zeolite mineral chabazite-K. It forms sharp, colorless, mostly twinned crystals on matrix up to 2 mm. Rare from the Koashva open pit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Loranth Minerals

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