Mesolite vs Herderite
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Mesolite
Mesolite is a hydrous sodium-calcium aluminosilicate mineral in the zeolite group. It commonly forms slender, needle-like or fibrous crystals in cavities and fractures of volcanic rocks, especially basalt. Mesolite is closely related chemically and structurally to natrolite and scolecite, and specimens are often white or colorless. It is primarily valued by mineral collectors for its delicate crys...
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Herderite
Herderite is a calcium beryllium phosphate mineral in the apatite group, with the formula CaBe(PO4)(F,OH). It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and commonly appears as colorless, pale-yellow, or greenish-white prismatic crystals; transparent crystals from Minas Gerais, Brazil, have been cut as gems. Herderite forms a compositional series with hydroxylherderite, a related mineral reported from...
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