Mineral Reference Lookup for
Kali-Harmotome
This reference page contains
mineralogic data for Kali-Harmotome and folklore and metaphysical
beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name,
the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of
synonyms.
Minerals matching Kali-Harmotome in the database:
Mineralogical Reference | Kali-Harmotome
| Mineral | Kali-Harmotome | | Synonym | Phillipsite |
| Mineral | PHILLIPSITE | | Class | Silicates | | Uses | Mineral specimen and chemical filter. | | Color | white | | Luster | Vitreous | | CrystalHabits | include attached crystal aggregates.Single tabular crystals are rare, more commonly twinned into fourlings or more complicated groupings.Sphericules are small tight balls that have a sparkling or silky luster in phillipsite.Aggregates can be radiating, fibrous, columnar and encrusting. | | Fracture | imperfect in one direction. | | Hardness | 4 - 5 | | Streak | White | | Occurences | include Siegerland, Germany; Moyle, Northern Ireland; Capo di Bove and Mt. Vesuvius, Italy; Groschlattengruen, Bavaria; Cape Grim, Tasmania, Australia and Iceland. | | Indicators | crystal habit, twinning, density, hardness and associations. | | DensityNote | very light | | OpticalType | Biaxial (+/-) | | RI | n α =1.483 - 1.505 n β =1.484 - 1.511 n | | Birefringence | δ=0.003 - 0.009 | | SurfaceRelief | Moderate | | Synonyms | Christianite (of Des Cloizeaux) Ka-Harmotome me Harmotome Norma Phipsit Phipsite Philpsit Pseudo-Philpsit t | | TypeLocality | Aci Reale Catania Province Sicily Italy |
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