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Dachiardite-Ca & Elbaite

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Dachiardite-Ca & Elbaite

Ex Dr Hartel collection, Germany

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Description
Locality: 
San Piero in Campo, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7 × 4.8 cm
Description

A pale pink elbaite crystal in a pegmatite matrix with some small crystals of the very rare zeolite mineral Dachiardite-Ca from the type-locality.

Ex Dr. Hartel collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dachiardite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na2,K2)5Al10Si38O96·25H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
La Speranza (Pisani's Quarry), San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...

Elbaite

Formula: 
Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...