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Chabazite-Na Mesolite & Thomsonite

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Chabazite-Na Mesolite & Thomsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.4 × 8.9 × 6.2 cm
Weight: 
610.00gr
Description

Big sharp translucent crystals of chabazite-Na of good lustre associated to snow white hairy mesolite and cream coloured thomsonite, lining cavities in a volcanic rock matrix. Good size and representative specimen for the area.

Found by Manfred Fabig in 1979. Ex Manfred Fabig collection.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

Mesolite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Thomsonite

Synonym Of: 

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Thomsonite-Sr

Formula: 
Na(Sr,Ca)2[Al5Si5O20]·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0

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