Good day dear Hive Community, first of all I hope you had a pleasant day and would also like to wish you a good start to the weekend! In this post, I would like to bring a mineral a little closer and hope you learn something new.
Here you can see a rather unknown mineral which is also known as Phillipsite and was first described in the 19th century by the mineralogist Armand Lévy (1795 - 1941) who had named the mineral in honor of British mineralogist and one of the co-founders of a well-known scholarly society in London William Phillips (1775 - 1829). It is also a series of different species such as Phillipsite-Ca, Phillipsite-Na see Phillipsite-K and for the first time it was probably discovered in Italy near a volcano and in addition to the volcanic origin, it can also be found at the bottom of waters or hot springs and it is often found together with other minerals such as calcite, nepheline or nosean. The appearance of the crystals as well as the color can vary greatly and it usually has needle or radial crystals that are somewhat reminiscent of glass and the color can be gray, white or brown and it also often tends to form twins. The best-known places of discovery include Ireland, Italy, Australia or the USA and depending on the species the rarity can vary. From economic point of view, there are only a few areas of application and mainly it occurs in the treatment of drinking water and especially with mineral collectors it is of interest and since the mineral still leaves a question open, it can also be useful for research purposes.
Many thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about minerals! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!