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礦物之美鈣十字沸石-PHILLIPSITE)

PHILLIPSITE-Ca (Ca,K,Na)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6H2O (monoclinic) . Small rodlike,prismatic crystals . Washington,USA. 本礦晶体細小柱狀,透明玻璃光澤,硬度 4~4.5,成長於玄武岩的晶洞中. 貫穿雙晶常見.為沸石類一種.
礦名來源:Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London.

經典名礦欣賞
NO.258