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Ravatite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

A good sample of the rare hydrocarbon ravatite as clear, white to light purple platty crystals on matrix from the burning dumps of the former Anna coalmine in Alsdorf near Aachen, Germany.
Analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.

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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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