Major constituent of a carbonated calcium silicate hydrogel complex formed from larnite. Trimorphous with aragonite and calcite; metastable below 400 deg C.
IMA Status:
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911
Locality:
Ballycraigy, Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for Heinrich Vater (1859-1930), Professor of Mineralogy and Chemistry, Tharandt, Germany.
Chemical Formula: 