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Okenite is a white mineral resembling a cottonball with fine hair-like fibers radiating out from the center of the specimen. Named after the German naturalist Lorenz Oken.

CaSi2O4(OH)2H2O - Hydrated calcium silicate hydroxide
Class:
Subclass:
Group: Zeolite Group
White, yellowish
White
Vitreous to dull
Transparent to translucent
2.3
4.5 - 5
Good
Uneven to conchoidal
Blade-shaped crystals, acicular crystals and their spherical aggregates.
None
Frequency:
Rare
Origin:
Hydrothermal in basalt cavities together withother zeolites.
Occurence:
Poona, India (Faero Islands)
Application:
Mineral Specimen

 

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