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Cavasite [Ca(VO|Si4O10) · 4H2O] on stilbite (Desmin) [(Ca,Na,K)4-5(Al,Si)18O36 · 14H2O]

UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein

UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein
Essen, Germany

Gas bubbles often form in cooling lava and cannot escape. If water loaded with minerals enters these cavities, a wide variety of minerals can crystallize out of them over time. The cavities incompletely filled with crystals are called druses. Druses with a special mineralization of white stilbite and blue cavasite have become famous from the basalts of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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  • Title: Cavasite [Ca(VO|Si4O10) · 4H2O] on stilbite (Desmin) [(Ca,Na,K)4-5(Al,Si)18O36 · 14H2O]
  • Location: India, Maharashtra, Pune District, Lonavala
  • Rights: © Ruhr Museum; Photo: Rainer Rothenberg
  • Width: 36cm
  • Height: 25cm
  • Depth: 10cm
  • Collection: Natural Science, Ruhr Museum
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