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Erionite On Chabazite & Lévyne

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Erionite On Chabazite & Lévyne

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Description
Locality: 
Redcliff Head, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Description

 A snow white ball of erionite on pale orange chabazite crystals lining a cavity in basalt, whilst the reverse side of the specimen has a good sized cavity lined with translucent white levyne crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Erionite

Synonym Of: 

Erionite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Erionite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Erionite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca)2[Al4Si14O36]·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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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