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Nosean & Zircon

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Nosean & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Laacher See, Glees, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Nice thumbnail specimen with rare sodalite group member nosean and ziron. Nosean forms coulourless prismatic crystals, zircon forms beige coloured crystals with black pyroxenes.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Loranth Minerals

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