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Lévyne & Erionite

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Lévyne & Erionite

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Description
Locality: 
Oberwiddersheim, Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2 × 2.2 cm
Description

Rare thin tabular levyne crystals with an epitaxial coating of erionite and some clay minerals (montmorillonite). From a single find in the early 1970´s.

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

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