Specimen #603

Name: Mordenite on Quartz var. Amethyst

Type: Mineral

Locality: Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2008-03-20

Source: Trinity: Giorgio Spiga

Label: N

Comment: A very attractive sample consisting in a dark amethyst quartz crystals matrix who is host to a 1.8 cm spherical aggregate of snow white Mordenite crystals.

Minerals: Amethyst Mordenite ((Ca,Na₂,K₂)Al₂Si₁₀O_{24 7}(H₂O))

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