Name/Title
Scolecite on FluorapophylliteEntry/Object ID
2009.62.234Description
Description: Common Name: Scolecite / Fluorapophyllite
Chemistry: CaAl2Si3O10-3H2O /
Class: Silicates
Group: Zeolites
Location: Jalgaon, India
Description: Scolecite has fine needle-like clusters, white to pink between 1-2" diameter.
Physical Charateristics:
•Color is clear or white.
•Luster is vitreous to silky.
•Transparency: crystals are transparent to translucent.
•Crystal System is monoclinic; 2/m
•Crystal Habits include sprays of thin acicular crystals with slanted terminations. Also occurs in radiating fibrous clusters.
•Cleavage is perfect in two directions, prismatic. Cleavage is hard to see due to small crystal size.
•Fracture is conchoidal.
•Hardness is 5.
•Specific Gravity is approximately 2.2 (very light)
•Streak is white.
•Associated Minerals are quartz, apophyllite, babingtonite, heulandite, stilbite and other zeolites.
•Notable Occurrences include Poona, India; Riverside Co., California; Iceland; Skye Scotland and Santa Catarina, Brazil.
•Best Field Indicators are crystal habit, hardness, density and associations.Collection
RAGM Mineral CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.62Source or Donor
Museum Collection of MineralsAcquisition Method
DonationDimensions
Width
5-1/2 inDepth
5 inLength
9-1/2 inLocation
Location
Display Case
DS-6Room
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Curtis GardnerDate
May 24, 2023Notes
Added current locationLocation
Container
rightDrawer
bottom tierShelf
west side, west sideWall
centerRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Wendy MondryDate
January 6, 2010Location
Container
RightDrawer
2nd ShelfShelf
LeftCabinet
Case# 41Wall
SouthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent