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Re: Lawsonite

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Subject: Re: Lawsonite
From: Diederik Visser <dvisser@worldaccess.nl>
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 10:24:27 GMT
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At 19:18 3-05-97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
> Does anybody know what lawsonite is,I have been told it
>is an achondritic stony. A liquid mineral.
>
>Thank You
>Tim Heitz
>
Dear Tim,

Lawsonite is a colourless, white to bluish mineral with the formula
CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2.H2O. Lawsonite is restricted to low-temperature metamorphic
mineral assemblages. Most commonly it is found in glaucophane-bearing schists. 

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Diederik Visser

email: dvisser@worldaccess.nl

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