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Garronite-Ca & Phillipsite

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Garronite-Ca & Phillipsite

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Description
Locality: 
Schellkopf, Brenk, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Garronite and phillipsite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Garronite-Ca

Formula: 
Na2Ca5Al12Si20O64·27H2O
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Glenariff Valley, Garron Plateau, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Phillipsite

Synonym Of: 

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Phillipsite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group