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Haüyne Nosean Sanidine & Magnetite

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Haüyne Nosean Sanidine & Magnetite

ex coll. S. Möller
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Description
Locality: 
Pumice Quarries, Wingertsberg, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Sea-blue haüyne crystals and grains, colorless nosean and sanidine crytals, metallic black magnetite and at least two more, yet unidentified minerals on this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haüyne

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)4-8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,S,Cl)1-2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Lake Nemi, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

Nosean

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Sandkuhle, Maria Laach, Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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