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Ternesite & Calcio-olivine

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Ternesite & Calcio-olivine

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

A good coverage of light green massive crystalline ternesite and creamy to pale brown coloured fine grained massive calcio-olivine in matrix. Type Locality.for ternesite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ternesite

Formula: 
Ca5(SiO4)2(SO4)
Strunz: 
9.AH.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Calcio-olivine

Formula: 
Ca2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Lakargi Mt., Verkhnechegemskaya caldera (Verkhni Chegem caldera; Upper Chegem caldera), Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
Cartils Minerals

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