Meionite, Actinolite, Epidote

Specimen ID: E0N-T5A

Mineral(s)
Meionite : Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Actinolite : ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Epidote : (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
35.5cm x 26.5cm x 11.5cm
weight: 13.8kg
Events

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White meionite crystals (confirmed by SEM-EDS, see child photo) in a cleft in calc-silicate rock, with minor epidote and druse of actinolite between the large meionite crystals. Former Ronald Januzzi collection.
Harold Moritz - 20th March 2020

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Magenta-fluorescing meionite crystals (confirmed by SEM-EDS, see child photo) in a cleft in calc-silicate rock. Former Ronald Januzzi collection.
Harold Moritz - 20th March 2020

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White meionite crystals (confirmed by SEM-EDS, see child photo) in a cleft in calc-silicate rock, with dark green actinolite underneath and some epidote at lower right. Former Ronald Januzzi collection.
Harold Moritz - 20th March 2020

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Dark green actinolite crystals between white meionite crystals (confirmed by SEM-EDS, see child photo) in a cleft in calc-silicate rock. Former Ronald Januzzi collection.
Harold Moritz - 20th March 2020

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SEM-EDS analyses performed by Tom Mortimer and Peter Cristofono, courtesy of the Boston College microscopy lab. The abundance of Ca over Na shows it to be the Ca member of the series, meionite, with some impurity by marialite Na and Cl. The trace of potassium is not unusual.
Harold Moritz - 12th May 2022
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