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Willhendersonite Kalsilite Phillipsite & Phlogopite

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Willhendersonite Kalsilite Phillipsite & Phlogopite

Willhendersonite Type Locality
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Description
Locality: 
Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Matrix with one face showing colourless rosette clusters of willhendersonite crystals (TL) in association with clear kalisilite needles, colourless spheroidal aggregates of phillipsite crystals and dark brown platy phlogopite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Willhendersonite

Formula: 
KCa[Al3Si3O12]·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vispi Quarry (incl. Celli; Pian di Celle), San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy

Kalsilite

Formula: 
KAlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Kamengo (Chamengo crater), Gomba District, Uganda

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

Phlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White

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