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Chamosite & Natrolite

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Chamosite & Natrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Svensken Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 7.4 × 3.8 cm
Description

More than a dozen of black spheres of chamosite, mostly approx. 1 mm in size, are set on white, translucent crystals of natrolite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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