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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1969.037.288.04</article-id>
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<article-title>Harmotome from the Tokatoka District, New Zealand</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname>Black</surname>
<given-names>Philippa M.</given-names>
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<aff>Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1969</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<issue>288</issue>
<fpage>453</fpage>
<lpage>458</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>20</day>
<month>2</month>
<year>1969</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1969, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1969</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Harmotome, associated with analcime, is described from andesite dykes at Rehia and Maungarahu in the Tokatoka district, New Zealand. The Maungarahu harmotome has the composition: (Na<sub>1&#x00B7;03</sub>K<sub>0&#x00B7;23</sub>)(Ba<sub>1&#x00B7;54</sub>Ca<sub>0&#x00B7;18</sub>)Al<sub>4&#x00B7;66</sub>Si<sub>11&#x00B7;31</sub> 12&#x00B7;39 H<sub>2</sub>O; physical properties: <italic>&#x03B1;</italic> 1&#x00B7;498, <italic>&#x03B2;</italic> 1&#x00B7;503, <italic>&#x03B3;</italic> 1&#x00B7;506, 2V<sub>&#x03B3;</sub> 75&#x2013;82&#x00B0; <italic>&#x03B2;</italic>:[001] 28&#x00B0; D 2&#x00B7;378; and cell constants: <italic>a</italic> 9&#x00B7; 906&#x00B1;0&#x00B7;006, <italic>b</italic> 14&#x00B7;119 &#x00B1;0&#x00B7;003, <italic>c</italic> 8&#x00B7;712&#x00B1;0&#x00B7;007 &#x00C5;, <italic>&#x03B2;</italic> 124&#x00B0; 57&#x2032; &#x00B1; 3&#x2032;. The harmotome is Ba-poor, and 2 Na<sup>+</sup> has substituted for Ba<sup>2+</sup> on a valency basis. Analcime associated with the Maungarahu harmotome has chemical composition: (Na<sub>15&#x00B7;16</sub> K<sub>0&#x00B7;03</sub>Ca<sub>0&#x00B7;09</sub>)Al<sub>15&#x00B7;52</sub>Si<sub>32&#x00B7;47</sub> 15&#x00B7;93 H<sub>2</sub>O and physical properties: <italic>n</italic> = 1&#x00B7;483, D = 2&#x00B7;257, <italic>a</italic> = 13&#x00B7;708 &#x00C5;. The zeolites are believed to have crystallized from Na and Ba-rich alkaline solutions at approximately 200&#x00B0;C The source of the Ba is baryte concretions in adjacent limestones.</p></abstract>
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