Thomsonite Photos Cochise College
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Thomsonite Photos Roger Weller, geology instructor
[email protected] copyright 2010-R.Weller
thomsonite in basalt-1
The mineral filling the vesicles in the basalt
is thomsonite, a zeolite with a radiating
structure. As the lava is weathered,
the thomsonite nodules show up as beach
pebbles along the western shore of Lake
Superior.
thomsonite
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non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.