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HARMOTOME
, a See also:mineral of the zeolite See also:group, consisting of hydrous See also:barium and See also:aluminium silicate, H2BaAl2(SiO3)5+5H20
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Usually a small amount of See also:potassium is See also:present replacing See also:part of the barium
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The See also:system of See also:crystallization is See also:monoclinic; only complex twinned crystals are known
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A See also:common and characteristic See also:form of twinned crystal, such as is represented in the figure, consists of four intercrossing individuals twinned together according to two twin-See also:laws; the See also:compound group resembles a tetragonal crystal with See also:prism and See also:pyramid, but may be distinguished from this by the grooves along the edges of the pseudo-prism
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The faces of the crystals are marked by characteristic striations, as indicated in the figure
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Twinned crystals of exactly the same See also:kind are also frequent in See also:phillipsite (q.v.)
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Crystals are usually See also: Morvenite (from Morven in See also:Argyllshire) is the name given to small transparent crystals formerly referred to phillipsite . Like other See also:zeolites, harmotome occurs with See also:calcite in the amygdaloidal cavities of volcanic rocks, for example, in the dolerites of See also:Dumbartonshire, and as See also:fine crystals in the See also:agate-lined cavities in the melaphyre of See also:Oberstein in See also:Germany . It also occurs in See also:gneiss, and sometimes in metalliferous See also:veins . At Andreasberg in the Harz it is found in the See also:lead and See also:silver veins; and at Strontian in Argyllshire in lead veins, associated with brewsterite (a See also:strontium and barium zeolite), See also:barytes and calcite . (L . J . |
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