Erionite-K, Montmorillonite
Chase Creek, Falkland, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Colorless hexagonal needles of erionite-K from rock in Chase Cr., near Falkland, British Columbia, Canada collected by Rudy Tschernich in 1980. Field of view 2 mm, specimen RWT847a in the Rudy Tschernich Zeolite Collection at the Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro, Oregon. Chemistry by Tschernich & Wise (1982)Am. Min. V67, pp. 799-803.
© Rudy W. Tschernich