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Name: Phillipsite-Na
Php-Na
IMA Chemistry: Na6(Si10Al6)O32ยท12H2O
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Phillipsite-Na contains elements:
Sodium (Na)
Silicon (Si)
Aluminum (Al)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: Italy
Year First Published: 1825
IMA Status: Approved
Status Notes: Levy A (1825) Descriptions of two new minerals, The Annals of Philosophy 10, 361-363 Name changed from phillipsite to the Na-dominant species originally found at Aci Castello, Sicily, Italy: Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist 35, 1571-1606
Structural Group Name: Harmotome
Fleischer's Group Name: zeolite-phillipsite series
Crystal Systems: orthorhombic
Oldest Known Age: 359 Million Years Ago
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