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Flörkeite & Thomsonite-Ca

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Flörkeite & Thomsonite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Micromount showing a vug with good crystals of flörkeite and a transparent sphere of thomsonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Flörkeite

Formula: 
(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Old Kilpatrick, Strathclyde (Dunbartonshire), Scotland, UK

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