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Chabazite-Na

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Chabazite-Na

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Description
Locality: 
Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Thumbnail covered on both sides with chabazite-Na rhomoboeders and twins. From a partial submerged area, now buried under a marina. Most likely grown as chabazite-Ca and ion-exchanged by sea water to chabazite-Na. Collected in 1986.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabazite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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