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Herschelite

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Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
© Rui Nunes 2006

System:Trigonal
Name:Herschelite was renamed Chabazite-Na by the Zeolite Subcommittee (1997).
In the type description of Bosc d'Antic (1792) the TL was erroneously indicated as Acireale.
Synonym of:Chabazite-Na



Originally reported from Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy.

References for Herschelite

Reference List:Bosc d’Antic, L. (1792): Mémoire sur la chabazie. Journal d’Histoire Naturelle, 2, 181-184.

Bauer, M. (1873): Chabazit, herschelit und seebachit von Richmond, Victoria. Zeitschrift der deutschen Gesellschaft, 25, 351-353

Bauer, M. (1874): Chabazit, Herschelit und Seebachit. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1874, 522-524

Strunz, H. (1959): Die Zeolithe Gmelinit, Chabasit, Levyn (Phakolith, Herschelit, Seebachit, Offretit). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte, 1956, 250-259

Mason, B. (1962): Herschelite-a valid species? American Mineralogist, 47, 985-987

Canadian Mineralogist (1997) 35, 1571-1606.

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    Localities for Herschelite

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    Australia
     
    • Victoria
      • Melbourne
    		No reference listed
    No reference listed
    Austria
     
    • Styria
      • Bad Radkersburg
        • Klöch
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    France
     
    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Loire
        • Montbrison
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		[Mineralogical Record - Vol 24 No 2]
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Brescia Province
        • Adamello-Brenta Natural Park
          • Adamello Massif
            • Mt. Foppa
    		E. Passaglia and A. Tagliavini : "Chabazite-offretite epitaxial overgrowths in cornubianite from Passo Forcel Rosso, Adamello, Italy", European Journal of Mineralogy, 1994, Vol. 6, N° 3, pp. 397-405.
    • Sicily
      • Catania Province
        • Etna Volcanic Complex
          • Aci Castello
    		Bauer, M. (1874): Chabazit, Herschelit und Seebachit. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1874, 522-524
    Japan
     
    • Kyushu Island
      • Saga Prefecture
    		Am Min 74: pp 1337-1342
    Réunion Island
     
    Bull. Minéral. , 109, 1986, pp. 337-347.
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Bowie area
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 108, 160, 178, 216, 249; Sand, L.B. & A.J. Regis (1966), An unusual zeolite assemblage, Bowie, AZ (abstract), Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 87; Regis, A.J. & L.B. Sand (1967), Lateral gradation of chabazite to herschelite in the San Simon basin (abstract), in S.W. Baily (editor), Clays and clay minerals. Proc. 15th. National Conference Clays and Clay Minerals: 193.
      • Yavapai Co.
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 249.
    • California
      • Kern Co.
        • Kramer District
          • Boron
            • U.S. Borax Mine
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