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Ferrierite & Clay Psm Lévyne

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Ferrierite & Clay Psm Lévyne

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Description
Locality: 
Smiths Beach, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 4 × 2.4 cm
Description

A cavity in altered basalt was originally lined with levyne blades, these have subsequently been psuedomorphed to a clay mineral and then covered with tight balls of ferrierite crystals.

From a very picturesque collecting locality now closed to collecting as it is incorporated in a marine national park

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrierite

Synonym Of: 

Ferrierite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Na2,Mg,Ca)3-5Mg[Al5-7Si27.5-31O72]·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.50
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Ferrierite-Mg

Formula: 
(Mg,Na2,K2,Ca)3-5Mg[Al5-7Si27.5-31O72]·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.50
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Ferrierite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,K2,Mg,Ca)3-5Mg[Al5-7Si27.5-31O72]·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.50
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group
Earthstones Australia

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