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Gismondine Thomsonite & Chabazite

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Description
Locality: 
Craighill Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Basalt matrix with 2 amygdales, one containing a rare cluster of white gismondine crystals in association with light brown thomsonite crystal clusters and transparent chabazite crystals. The other amygdale contains chabazite crystals in association with calcite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gismondine

Synonym Of: 

Gismondine-Ca

Formula: 
CaAl2Si2O8·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group

Thomsonite

Synonym Of: 

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Thomsonite-Sr

Formula: 
Na(Sr,Ca)2[Al5Si5O20]·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0

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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