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Chabazite-K Mesolite & Ludwigite

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Chabazite-K Mesolite & Ludwigite

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Description
Locality: 
Vallerano Quarries, Valleranello, Rome Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Botryoidal white chabazite-k crystal aggregates with black acicular micro crystals of ludwigite and white acicular mesolite (I guess) inbetween.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Mesolite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Ludwigite

Formula: 
Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

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