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Gismondine-Sr

About

Named for being the strontium analogue of gismondine-Ca. The root name relates to Carlo Giuseppe Gismondi (1762-1824), Italian mineralogist, who previously discovered a mixture of gismondine-Ca and phillipsite. The suffix/modifier follows the naming convention for zeolites and denotes the dominant extra-framework cation.

Type Locality
Halamish outcrops, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Mineral Data
Sr4(Si8Al8O32) · 9H2O
Physical Properties
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4 - 5
Synonyms
Synonyms: 
IMA2021-043