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Låvenite

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Låvenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Beige microcrystals of the rare mineral lavenite in several vugs of the matrix.

With gemmy nosean xls.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Låvenite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(Zr,Ti)(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway