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GISMONDINE-Ca - Dobrná near Děčín, Czech Republic | 29 x 23 x 22 mm | Box & Label | RARE

Gismondine-Ca, Czech Republic, Thumbnail (1-3 cm)
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Mineral: GISMONDINE-Ca
Locality: Dobrná, Děčín District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Dimension (mm): 29 x 23 x 22 mm

Specimen packed in box of size 38 x 38 x 34 mm with card/label.

Description / Notes: Gismondin forms in the cavities of basalts colorless, whitish, vitreous, translucent, dipyramidal crystals that are up to 2 mm in size.

 

  • Formula:CaAl2Si2O8 · 4H2O
  • Colour:Colorless, white, grayish, bluish white, reddish
  • Lustre:Vitreous
  • Hardness:
  • Specific Gravity:2.20 - 2.26
  • Crystal System:Monoclinic
  • Member of:Gismondine Subgroup > Zeolite Group
  • Name:Named gismondine in 1817 for Carlo Giuseppe Gismondi (1762-1824), Italian mineralogist, who previously discovered "zeagonite" - a mixture of gismondine and phillipsite. The suffix was added by the IMA in 2021, after the discovery of gismondine-Sr. The suffix/modifier follows the naming convention for zeolites and denotes the dominant extra-framework cation.
  • Type Locality:Capo di Bove, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
  • IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1817

 

 

 


Further information in mineralogy databases:

Classification:
  • 9.Silicates
Mineral name:
  • Gismondine-Ca
Country origine:
Czech Republic
Specimen size:
Thumbnail (1-3 cm)

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