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Clinoptilolite

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Clinoptilolite

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Description
Locality: 
Whitianga Quarry, Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Tiny water-clear crystals of clinoptilolite associated with some larger blocky heulandite crystals on matrix from an uncommon locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoptilolite

Synonym Of: 

Clinoptilolite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,K)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Clinoptilolite-K

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Clinoptilolite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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