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Description: | Mesolite is one of the zeolite group of minerals. This specimen consists of many slender crystals of mesolite arranged so that they form a group the shape of which has been described as looking like a hedgehog. The individual crystals are square in cross section, and very fragile. This example of mesolite is from the Pashan Hills near Poona, in India, which is a classic area for zeolites. Zeolites are typically found in areas where there are lava flows, and tend to form inside gas bubbles (vesicles). | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East rocks and minerals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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