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Gmelinite & Analcime

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Gmelinite & Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 8.5 × 6.1 cm
Description

A double cavity completely lined with gmelinite crystals and partially overgrown by analcime.
From an isolated occurence some 20 odd klm's from the better known Flinders gmeleinite deposits

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gmelinite

Synonym Of: 

Gmelinite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Gmelinite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Gmelinite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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