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Ravatite

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Description
Locality: 
Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Clear light purple platty ravatite crystals on matrix.
From the burning dumps of the former Anna coalmine in Alsdorf near Aachen. Analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. A rare mineral, until now only found at three locations worldwide. Collected by seller in Oktober 2009.

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What's on the rock

Ravatite

Formula: 
C14H10
Strunz: 
10.BA.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Ravat Village (site of), Yagnob River, Zeravshan Range, Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad), Tajikistan
Cartils Minerals

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