Mineral - Green Gyrolite, Mordenite, and White Quartz in basalt vesicle - Zeolite
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ITEM# MINERAL-Gyrolite-0004
$100.00
$100.00
Malad Quarry, Bombay, India
ITEM# MINERAL-Gyrolite-0004
Amazing large zeolite consisting of a basalt vesicle with large green gryolite clusters and mordenite in a white quartz crystal matrix from Bombay, India.
Gryolite, a hydrated calcium silicate, has long been of interest to mineralogists and chemists,
particularly those concerned with the chemistry of cements, who have attempted to clarify its crystal chemistry and its relationships with reyerite and truscottite. Gyrolite clusters can be brown, colorless, white, or green.
Mordenite is a zeolite mineral with the chemical formula, (Ca, Na2, K2)Al2Si10O24·7H20. According to Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (2005), it is one of the six most abundant zeolites and is used commercially.
Mordenite is orthorhombic. It crystallizes in the form of fibrous aggregates, masses, and vertically striated prismatic crystals. It may be colorless, white, or faintly yellow or pink. When it forms well developed crystals they are hairlike; very long, thin, and delicate.
Mordenite’s molecular structure is a framework containing chains of five-membered rings of linked silicate and aluminate tetrahedra (four oxygen atoms arranged at the points of a triangular pyramid about a central silicon or aluminum atom). Its high ratio of silicon to aluminum atoms makes it more resistant to attack by acids than most other zeolites.
Mordenite is one of the most abundant zeolites in altered volcanic deposits; it is found in volcanic rock such as rhyolite, andesite, and basalt. It is associated with other zeolites such as stilbite and heulandite. Good examples have been found in Iceland, India, Italy, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It is also found in marine sediments, as in the Ural Mountains and in dikes where water has attacked and altered volcanic glasses, as on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
Metaphysical properties: Mordenite brings harmony to you, your group of friends, and your home. This crystal helps you center, bringing a peaceful center to you. It eases your mind and allows you to focus better, helping you to eliminate distractions. brings you abundance! You will find Mordenite useful for white magic and other white rituals.
Mordenite is useful for depression. This crystal allows you to see things as they are, not set you up for disillusionment and helps you walk away from negativity. This crystal can eliminate sarcasm if this is an issue for you.
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula Si02. There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones. Throughout the world, varieties of quartz have been since antiquity the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and stone carvings.
This magnificent zeolite specimen measures approximately 6 inches long by 4 1/2 inches wide by 2 3/4 inches high, with the large gyrolite cluster measuring approximately 2 inches across.
ITEM# MINERAL-Gyrolite-0004
Amazing large zeolite consisting of a basalt vesicle with large green gryolite clusters and mordenite in a white quartz crystal matrix from Bombay, India.
Gryolite, a hydrated calcium silicate, has long been of interest to mineralogists and chemists,
particularly those concerned with the chemistry of cements, who have attempted to clarify its crystal chemistry and its relationships with reyerite and truscottite. Gyrolite clusters can be brown, colorless, white, or green.
Mordenite is a zeolite mineral with the chemical formula, (Ca, Na2, K2)Al2Si10O24·7H20. According to Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (2005), it is one of the six most abundant zeolites and is used commercially.
Mordenite is orthorhombic. It crystallizes in the form of fibrous aggregates, masses, and vertically striated prismatic crystals. It may be colorless, white, or faintly yellow or pink. When it forms well developed crystals they are hairlike; very long, thin, and delicate.
Mordenite’s molecular structure is a framework containing chains of five-membered rings of linked silicate and aluminate tetrahedra (four oxygen atoms arranged at the points of a triangular pyramid about a central silicon or aluminum atom). Its high ratio of silicon to aluminum atoms makes it more resistant to attack by acids than most other zeolites.
Mordenite is one of the most abundant zeolites in altered volcanic deposits; it is found in volcanic rock such as rhyolite, andesite, and basalt. It is associated with other zeolites such as stilbite and heulandite. Good examples have been found in Iceland, India, Italy, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It is also found in marine sediments, as in the Ural Mountains and in dikes where water has attacked and altered volcanic glasses, as on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
Metaphysical properties: Mordenite brings harmony to you, your group of friends, and your home. This crystal helps you center, bringing a peaceful center to you. It eases your mind and allows you to focus better, helping you to eliminate distractions. brings you abundance! You will find Mordenite useful for white magic and other white rituals.
Mordenite is useful for depression. This crystal allows you to see things as they are, not set you up for disillusionment and helps you walk away from negativity. This crystal can eliminate sarcasm if this is an issue for you.
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula Si02. There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones. Throughout the world, varieties of quartz have been since antiquity the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and stone carvings.
This magnificent zeolite specimen measures approximately 6 inches long by 4 1/2 inches wide by 2 3/4 inches high, with the large gyrolite cluster measuring approximately 2 inches across.