Dachiardite

Dachiardite (eightling twin)
Origin: San Piero, Isle of Elba, Tuscany, Italy
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 7.4 x
 

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Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Milky bladed aggregates with mordenite-Na in cavities in basalt
Origin: Cape Lookout Quarry, Tillamook Co., Oregon, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm
 
Rosettes of dard red dachiardite-(Na) radiating fibers in pink mordenite on porphyritic basalt
Origin: Alpe di Suisi, Dolomites, Bolzano, Italy
Sample size: 2 x 3 cm

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Alpe di Siusi, Bolanzo, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (type locality)
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Dachiardite-Ca with mordenite
Origin: Cape Lookout, Tillamook Co., Oregon, United States
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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