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Okenite Gyrolite & Laumontite

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SLN171836

Okenite Gyrolite & Laumontite

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Description
Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 7.2 × 5.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.10cm
Description

Nice and aesthetic specimen with a big white aggregate of acicular okenite crystals with opalescent small gyrolite balls and small snow-white laumontite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Okenite

Formula: 
CaSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Qutdligssat (Kudlisat), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland

Gyrolite

Formula: 
NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
The Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK

Laumontite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

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