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Id 52
Identification Type Mineral
Name Phillipsite
Distinguishing Features
Description Prismatic, very often as cruciform (cross-shaped) twins or rosettes, colorless with low-moderate relief and low-order birefringence. Phillipsite is a zeolite-family mineral typically formed through alteration of mafic volcanic rocks or tephras, and may be found in association with other zeolites, especially in saline lake or marine sediments.
Tags zeolite
External Resources Phillipsite on MinDat
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Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: not specified
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: 400
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: complex rosette, zeolite rosette
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Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: not specified
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: 100
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: broken cruciform twins and rosettes, zeolites prismatic rosettes cruciform twins
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Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: not specified
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: 400
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: broken rosette, zeolites prismatic rosette
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Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: not specified
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: 400
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: cruciform twin, zeolite cruciform twin feldspar
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Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: King's Trough, NE Atlantic (44 02.80 N, 21 47.03 W)
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: not specified
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: Field of phillipsite crystals, mostly single and broken prismatic crystals, but also partial rosettes and a partial cruciform twin in the field, zeolites cruciform prismatic
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Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: King's Trough, NE Atlantic (44 02.80 N, 21 47.03 W)
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: not specified
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: Field of phillipsite crystals, mostly single and broken prismatic crystals, but including partial rosette, zeolites rosette prismatic
Image Tags: none
Unique Identification: Phillipsite
Site name: not specified
Light type: Plane-Polarized Light
Magnification: not specified
Submitted by: Guy Rothwell
Notes: Field of phillipsite crystals, mostly single and broken prismatic crystals, but including broken cruciform twins and complexly intergrown crystals, zeolites rosette cruciform prismatic
Image Tags: none

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