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(1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals; report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  35 (6). 1571-1606 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Frruff_1.0\u002Fuploads\u002FCM35_1571.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":234,"year":231,"html":235,"doi":236},7950615,"Apte, A., Phadke, A. V. (1997) Thermal behaviour of fibrous zeolites of the natrolite group. \u003Ci>Journal of Thermal Analysis\u003C\u002Fi>, 50 (3). 473-486 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf01980507'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf01980507\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf01980507",{"id":238,"year":239,"html":240,"doi":241},152721,2000,"Kirfel, A., Gibbs, G. V. (2000) Electron density distributions and bonded interactions for the fibrous zeolites natrolite, mesolite and scolecite and related materials. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  27 (4) 270-284 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs002690050256'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs002690050256\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs002690050256",{"id":243,"year":239,"html":244,"doi":245},127853,"Stuckenschmidt, Elli, Kirfel, Armin (2000) Zeolites of NAT topology: Structure refinement of mesolite from single crystal X-ray data and comparison with the structures of natrolite and scolecite. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  12 (2) 571-579 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2000\u002F0012-0571'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2000\u002F0012-0571\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2000\u002F0012-0571",{"id":247,"year":248,"html":249,"doi":11},16965965,2001,"(2001) Mesolite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fmesolite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":251,"year":252,"html":253,"doi":254},16954039,2007,"Prasad, P.S.R., Prasad, K. Shiva (2007) Dehydration and rehydration of mesolite: An in situ FTIR study. \u003Ci>Microporous and Mesoporous Materials\u003C\u002Fi>,  100 (1-3) 287-294 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.micromeso.2006.11.012'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.micromeso.2006.11.012\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.micromeso.2006.11.012",{"id":256,"year":257,"html":258,"doi":259},15063027,2010,"Kol’tsova, T. N. (2010) Scolecite-mesolite transition in relation to sodium substitution for calcium. \u003Ci>Inorganic Materials\u003C\u002Fi>, 46 (2) 187-195 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1134\u002Fs0020168510020184'>doi:10.1134\u002Fs0020168510020184\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1134\u002Fs0020168510020184",{"id":261,"year":262,"html":263,"doi":264},129124,2012,"Geiger, Charles A. (2012) A low-temperature IR spectroscopic investigation of the H2O molecules in the zeolite mesolite. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  24 (3) 439-445 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2012\u002F0024-2176'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2012\u002F0024-2176\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2012\u002F0024-2176",{"id":266,"year":267,"html":268,"doi":269},16954029,2015,"Sulikowski, Bogdan (2015) Solid-state 29Si and 27Al NMR studies of natural mesolite. \u003Ci>Microporous and Mesoporous Materials\u003C\u002Fi>,  206. 144-149 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.micromeso.2014.12.024'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.micromeso.2014.12.024\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.micromeso.2014.12.024",[271,280,290,298,307,314,323,332,341,350,358,366,376,383,391,400,407,416,425,435,444,449,457,464,470,477],{"id":272,"source_url":273,"license_code":274,"credit_html":275,"title":276,"description":7,"author":277,"original_width":278,"original_height":279},15943,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1550367","Public domain","User:pepperedjane, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1550367\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite.jpg","User:pepperedjane",2592,1530,{"id":281,"source_url":282,"license_code":283,"credit_html":284,"title":285,"description":286,"author":287,"original_width":288,"original_height":289},15944,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=8547994","CC BY-SA 3.0","The High Fin Sperm Whale, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=8547994\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite spikes.jpg","Crystals of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>. Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale (Lonavala), Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India. Photo taken at \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eos.ubc.ca\u002Fresources\u002Fmuseum\u002Fhistory.html\">the Pacific Museum of the Earth\u003C\u002Fa>.","The High Fin Sperm Whale",3264,2448,{"id":291,"source_url":292,"license_code":293,"credit_html":294,"title":295,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":296,"original_height":297},30184,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F128523","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F128523\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana","Zeolite Group",1000,655,{"id":299,"source_url":300,"license_code":283,"credit_html":301,"title":302,"description":303,"author":304,"original_width":305,"original_height":306},67077,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=4458361","MBisanz, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=4458361\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite at SMNH.JPG","Mesolite from the Museum of Natural History","MBisanz",2048,1536,{"id":308,"source_url":309,"license_code":283,"credit_html":310,"title":311,"description":312,"author":313,"original_width":288,"original_height":289},15945,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26709439","Jengod, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26709439\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-LANHM.JPG","Mesolite crystal on display at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, California","Jengod",{"id":315,"source_url":316,"license_code":283,"credit_html":317,"title":318,"description":319,"author":320,"original_width":321,"original_height":322},67078,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5192836","Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5192836\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite - Poona, Indien.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa> from Poona (India), picture taken on a mineral exchange","Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike)",2350,1650,{"id":324,"source_url":325,"license_code":326,"credit_html":327,"title":328,"description":329,"author":330,"original_width":331,"original_height":331},15946,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=87652782","CC BY 4.0","Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=87652782\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite on stilbite Pashan MNHN Minéralogie.jpg","Mesolite on stilbite from Pashan, India. Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology of the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris.","Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart",5000,{"id":333,"source_url":334,"license_code":293,"credit_html":335,"title":336,"description":337,"author":338,"original_width":339,"original_height":340},11300,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=119903302","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=119903302\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite, heulandite, fluorapophyllite-(K).jpg","mesolite, heulandite, fluorapophyllite-(K) : Deshgaon, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India","Géry PARENT",1972,1346,{"id":342,"source_url":343,"license_code":283,"credit_html":344,"title":345,"description":346,"author":347,"original_width":348,"original_height":349},67079,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10131990","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10131990\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-Thomsonite-44359.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FThomsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Thomsonite\">Thomsonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGoble\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Goble\">Goble\u003C\u002Fa>, Columbia County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOregon\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oregon\">Oregon\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4382.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A big, rich and rare American specimen - an intact pocket of hairlike acicular crystals of mesolite growing off balls of thomsonite (both minerals are hydrated sodium calcium aluminum silicate) from Oregon. This is another unique and hard-to-obtain piece that came out of the noted Hauck Collection. Not something you see around on the market, to be sure! 13.3 x 11.2 x 7.8cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",750,624,{"id":351,"source_url":352,"license_code":293,"credit_html":353,"title":354,"description":355,"author":338,"original_width":356,"original_height":357},15947,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=124544744","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=124544744\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite, heulandite.jpg","mesolite, heulandite : Deshgaon, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India",1975,1317,{"id":359,"source_url":360,"license_code":283,"credit_html":361,"title":362,"description":363,"author":347,"original_width":364,"original_height":365},67080,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152533","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152533\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-179613.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FJalgaon_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Jalgaon District\">Jalgaon District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMaharashtra\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Maharashtra\">Maharashtra\u003C\u002Fa>, India (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4624.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 12.6 x 7.8 x 7.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Nestled inside this pocket, which was painstakingly excavated intact from the surrounding matrix by a very patient and almost certainly underpaid Indian miner, are two pristine sprays of perfect, gemmy, slender needles of mesolite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",395,600,{"id":367,"source_url":368,"license_code":369,"credit_html":370,"title":371,"description":372,"author":373,"original_width":374,"original_height":375},15948,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=139879118","CC0 1.0","Natural History Museum of Gagliole, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=139879118\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Museo storia naturale Gagliole - Mesolite.jpg","Museo di storia naturale di Gagliole. Minerale di Mesolite .","Natural History Museum of Gagliole",5184,3456,{"id":377,"source_url":378,"license_code":283,"credit_html":379,"title":380,"description":363,"author":347,"original_width":381,"original_height":382},67081,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152535","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152535\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-179614.jpg",400,328,{"id":384,"source_url":385,"license_code":326,"credit_html":386,"title":387,"description":388,"author":330,"original_width":389,"original_height":390},15949,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=183336133","Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=183336133\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite Poona Minéraux SU.jpg","Mesolite from Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sorbonne University mineral collection.",4680,7017,{"id":392,"source_url":393,"license_code":394,"credit_html":395,"title":396,"description":7,"author":397,"original_width":398,"original_height":399},67084,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=21084935","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pascal Terjan from London, United Kingdom, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=21084935\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite (6911826414).jpg","Pascal Terjan from London, United Kingdom",3072,2304,{"id":401,"source_url":402,"license_code":274,"credit_html":403,"title":404,"description":405,"author":406,"original_width":375,"original_height":399},67085,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=33641447","Yinan Chen, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=33641447\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Gfp-mesolite-and-fluoraphyllite.jpg","An album of crystals and Rocks\nA white spiky crystal","Yinan Chen",{"id":408,"source_url":409,"license_code":283,"credit_html":410,"title":411,"description":412,"author":413,"original_width":414,"original_height":415},67086,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=59693176","Photolitherland (talk), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=59693176\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite sample (Cullen Hall of Minerals).jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa> from the Cullen Hall of Minerals exhibit","Photolitherland (talk)",888,673,{"id":417,"source_url":418,"license_code":293,"credit_html":419,"title":420,"description":421,"author":422,"original_width":423,"original_height":424},67088,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=75395294","Stephencdickson, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=75395294\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite from Bombay, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.jpg","Mesolite from Bombay, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow","Stephencdickson",3088,2056,{"id":426,"source_url":427,"license_code":428,"credit_html":429,"title":430,"description":431,"author":432,"original_width":433,"original_height":434},67089,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84652515","CC BY 2.0","Mike Beauregard from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84652515\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mohawk Mesolite (8200615551).jpg","Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa Canada","Mike Beauregard from Canada",1600,1214,{"id":436,"source_url":437,"license_code":428,"credit_html":438,"title":439,"description":440,"author":441,"original_width":442,"original_height":443},67090,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84732389","Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84732389\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite & Fluoroapophyllite (4739705486).jpg","Mesolite & Fluoroapophyllite","Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA",6048,4032,{"id":445,"source_url":446,"license_code":293,"credit_html":447,"title":448,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":296,"original_height":348},29412,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F179516","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F179516\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana","Chabazite-Na",{"id":450,"source_url":451,"license_code":283,"credit_html":452,"title":453,"description":454,"author":347,"original_width":455,"original_height":456},67082,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175310","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175310\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-Thomsonite-Ca-47569.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FThomsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Thomsonite\">Thomsonite-Ca\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jaquish Road Cut, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGoble\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Goble\">Goble\u003C\u002Fa>, Columbia County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOregon\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oregon\">Oregon\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-18148.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A DRAMATIC and SUPERB CABINET specimen of lustrous, pearlescent mesolite needles to 4.5 cm artistically set in a thompsonite-covered vug in basalt matrix from the famous, but relatively unknown Jaquish Road Cut at Goble, Oregon. This is one of the finer United States mesolite specimens, that you will ever see. Choice material from the Richard Hauck Collection. 10.4 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",650,517,{"id":458,"source_url":459,"license_code":283,"credit_html":460,"title":461,"description":462,"author":347,"original_width":365,"original_height":463},55302,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453649","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453649\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-Natroapophyllite-mun05-115a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNatroapophyllite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Natroapophyllite\">Natroapophyllite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poona, near Bombay, India\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.8 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Apophyllite on Mesolite (NEW FIND!)\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Talk about gorgeous oddities! A core of splayed, fibrous white mesolite has been encapsulated by a later generation of unusual, light green apophyllite that completely covers the original ball of mesolite! The lustrous apophyllite must have been deposited slowly over time, giving it a frosted look from the many facets showing from each pinprick of apophyllite minutely crystallized on the surface like snow on the ground. In addition, slender hollow rods of apophyllite poke through the \"icing\", showing off their tetragonal symmetry. This was the best example I was shown, from a small and unique find. I have never seen such a piece in 20 years of looking at Indian minerals\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",541,{"id":465,"source_url":466,"license_code":283,"credit_html":467,"title":468,"description":462,"author":347,"original_width":381,"original_height":469},55303,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453650","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453650\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-Natroapophyllite-mun05-115b.jpg",334,{"id":471,"source_url":472,"license_code":283,"credit_html":473,"title":474,"description":475,"author":347,"original_width":365,"original_height":476},67083,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456796","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456796\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite-Natroapophyllite-pb47a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNatroapophyllite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Natroapophyllite\">Natroapophyllite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poona, India\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 9 x 7.1 x 2.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Mesolite with Apophyllite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Classic combo from the early days of Indian exports! A fan-like, diverging spray, of white, partially gemmy, scolecite crystals to 5 cm in length is associated with accenting apophyllite crystals, to 1.5 cm in length, all spraying up from a sliver of basaltic matrix. Groups like this first made an appearance in the U.S, around 1979-81 and the style and character of that find remains distinct and unique to this day, and highly sought after. I have handled a few as they become recycled through collections - nearly all major colelctors of the time had a good one, and treasured them as among the most elegant of specimens available at the time. After 20 years mining more Indian minerals, they still haven't been surpassed, by any new find. This piece is sturdier than it looks and can probably be mailed, but its a big pain and i'd rather arrange somehow for hand-delivery.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",548,{"id":478,"source_url":479,"license_code":480,"credit_html":481,"title":482,"description":483,"author":484,"original_width":485,"original_height":486},32741,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=12758464","CC BY 3.0","John Sobolewski (JSS), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=12758464\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mesolite, Analcime2 - Bear Creek Quarry, Drain, Oregon, USA.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMesolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mesolite\">Mesolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnalcime\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Analcime\">Analcime\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Bear Creek Quarry (Whipple Quarry), Drain, Douglas County, Oregon, USA\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>\u003Ci>Original description:\u003C\u002Fi> A 4.6 by 2.6 cms mass of Mesolite needles on Analcime crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","John Sobolewski (JSS)",1024,768,[488,495,500],{"id":489,"url":490,"label":491,"formula":492,"spacegroup":493,"year":494},8693,"\u002Fcif\u002F8693.cif","Battiston 2025 · Na2 Ca2 Al6 Si9 O38 H16","Na2 Ca2 Al6 Si9 O38 H16","F d d 2",2025,{"id":496,"url":497,"label":498,"formula":499,"spacegroup":493,"year":494},8694,"\u002Fcif\u002F8694.cif","Battiston 2025 · Na1.926 Ca2 Al6 Si9 O38","Na1.926 Ca2 Al6 Si9 O38",{"id":501,"url":502,"label":503,"formula":492,"spacegroup":493,"year":239},8696,"\u002Fcif\u002F8696.cif","Stuckenschmidt 2000",[505,506,507,508,509,510,511,512,513,514],"Cotton-Stone","Harringtonite","Lime-Soda-Mesotype","Metaskolezit","Poonahlit","Poonahlita","Poonahlite","Poonalit","Poonalita","Poonalite",[516,520,524,528,532,535,539,543,547,551,555,559,563,566,569,572,576,580],{"lang":517,"names":518},"az",[519],"Mezolit",{"lang":521,"names":522},"ca",[523],"mesolita",{"lang":525,"names":526},"de",[527],"Mesolith",{"lang":529,"names":530},"es",[531],"Mesolita",{"lang":533,"names":534},"eu",[531],{"lang":536,"names":537},"fa",[538],"مزولیت",{"lang":540,"names":541},"fr",[542],"Mésolite",{"lang":544,"names":545},"is",[546],"Mesólít",{"lang":548,"names":549},"it",[550],"mesolite",{"lang":552,"names":553},"mul",[554],"中沸石",{"lang":556,"names":557},"nb",[558],"mesolitt",{"lang":560,"names":561},"nl",[562],"Mesoliet",{"lang":564,"names":565},"nn",[558],{"lang":567,"names":568},"pl",[519],{"lang":570,"names":571},"sl",[519],{"lang":573,"names":574},"ta",[575],"மீசோலைட்டு",{"lang":577,"names":578},"uk",[579],"Мезоліт",{"lang":581,"names":582},"zh",[554],"Q422117",{"history":585,"applications":589},{"markdown":586,"model_version":587,"prompt_version":588,"reviewed_at":11},"The name says exactly where this mineral sits. It comes from the Greek *mesos*, meaning middle, because its composition falls between two close relatives: natrolite and scolecite[1]. All three are zeolites — a family of silicate minerals built with water trapped inside an open, cage-like framework. Mesolite is the sodium-and-calcium member that lands between the sodium-rich natrolite and the calcium-rich scolecite.\n\nThe three were not always seen as separate. In 1801 the French mineralogist René Just Haüy lumped them together under a single name, *mésotype*[2]. He could not yet tell them apart by their chemistry.\n\nThat changed early in the next century. The German chemists Adolph Ferdinand Gehlen and Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs studied the group, and in 1816 Fuchs split Haüy's *mésotype* into three distinct species[3]. He gave them the names still used today — natrolite, scolecite, and mesolite — each tied to its own composition. The first specimens that anchored the new species came from the Cyclopean Islands near Catania, on Sicily[4].","claude-opus-4-8","1.7.0",{"markdown":590,"model_version":587,"prompt_version":588,"reviewed_at":11},"Mesolite has no commercial or industrial use. It is mined nowhere on purpose and worked into nothing — it is too scarce and too localised to be a raw material.\n\nWhat demand it has comes from mineral collectors. Mesolite forms delicate radiating sprays of needle-like crystals[1], and fine cabinet specimens — often paired with other zeolites in volcanic cavities — are prized for that fragile, hair-fine habit.\n\nThe wider zeolite family — silicate minerals with open, water-holding frameworks — does have heavy industrial uses. They serve as molecular sieves that filter gases and liquids by molecular size, in water-softening, and in catalysis. But those jobs are filled almost entirely by manufactured synthetic zeolites and by a handful of abundant natural species such as clinoptilolite[2]. Mesolite is not among them."]