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Clinoptilolite

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Clinoptilolite

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Description
Locality: 
Barranco de Tocodoman, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very attractive and beautiful specimen. Spectacular example of this outcrop. These specimens are now difficult to obtain. The brightness, habit, transparency and color of the crystals is unbeatable. The crystals are very well defined.

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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