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Chabazite

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Chabazite

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Description
Locality: 
Ben Lomond, Clarke County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Sharp translucent white twinned chabazite crystals to 2cm from the roadcut at Ben Lomond near Glenn Innes.

This specimen came from the Browns Collection and was most likely collected in the early 1980's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabazite

Synonym Of: 

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Chabazite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Ca,Na2,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg0.7K0.5Ca0.5Na0.1)[Al3Si9O24]·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0

Chabazite-Sr

Formula: 
Sr2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
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