Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Partheite or parthéite is a calcium aluminium silicate and a member of the zeolite group of minerals a group of silicates with large open channels throughout the crystal structure which allow passage of liquids and gasses through the mineral. It was first discovered in 1979 in rodingitic dikes in an ophiolite zone of the Taurus Mountains in southwest Turkey. The second discovery occurred in gabbro-pegmatites in the Ural Mountains Russia.