Morvenite

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Name:	Named after Morven (now known as Morvern), a district that lies to the south of the Strontian mines (Thomson 1836).

A variety of Harmotome

A transparent, spindle-shaped variety of harmotome that was originally described from the Strontian mines north of Morven (now Morvern), Argyllshire, Scotland, UK.

Later used to describe a type of twinning also observed for phillipsite (a different type of twinning is called Marburg type).

Classification of Morvenite
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Health Warning:	No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Morvenite
Reference List: - +	Thomson, T. (1836): Outlines of mineralogy, geology and mineral analysis, vols. I and II, London.
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