MINERAL PROJECT

GMELINITE

• One of the rarer zeolites snd forms in volcanic rocks,marine basalts, and breccias (breach
• Color: white,reddish white,pink,green, and red.
• Density: 2.03-2.17
• Streak: white
• Hardness: 4.5

AFGANITE

• A hydrous sodium, carbonate, alumino-sillicate mineral.
• Hardness: 5.5
• Color: blue
• Streak: white
• Density: 2.55-2.65

XANTHOCANITE

• Named for its streak of color from the Greek xanthos meaning yellow and konis meaning powder
• Color: dark crimson red, dark orange, brown, lemon yellow
• Density: 5.5-5.6
• Hardness: 2.5-3
• Streak: orange yellow

WULFENITE

• Re-named in 1845 by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger in honor of Franz Xavier Wulfen
• Color: orange, yellow, waxy yellow, yellowish gray, green, brown
• Density: 6.5-7
• Hardness: 3
• Streak: yellowish white

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