cowlesite
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Cowlesite is a mineral named after American mineralogist John Cowles. W.S. Wise and Rudy W. Tschernich first described it in material from roadcuts along Neer Road, Goble, Oregon, United States. The description also incorporated data from Superior, Arizona. It most often occurs as small colorless to white spheres in basalt, and is often associated with other zeolites.
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It is catalogued under the topic Zeolite group.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- zeolite
- Image
- Cowlesite-202090.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cowlesite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.GG.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.GG.05
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Mohs' hardness
- 5
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cow
- chemical formula
- Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·(5-6)H₂O
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Cowlesite is a mineral named after American mineralogist John Cowles. W.S. Wise and Rudy W. Tschernich first described it in material from roadcuts along Neer Road, Goble, Oregon, United States. The description also incorporated data from Superior, Arizona. It most often occurs as small colorless to white spheres in basalt, and is often associated with other zeolites.
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