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Phillipsite-Ca

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Phillipsite-Ca

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Description
Locality: 
Fajã Escura, Curral das Freiras, Câmara de Lobos, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm
Description

Very rich sample!

Lots of vugs filled with pyramidal aggregates of phillipsite-Ca.

Very nice under the scope!

Collected: 
2022
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32 . 12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lower Salt Lake Tuff, Puuloa Road, Oahu Island, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA