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Lileyite

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Lileyite

IMA 2011-021
New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Löhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.9 cm
Description

Complex Ba-Ti silicate mineral from the Eifel mts. It forms brown, platy crystals on plagioclase-piroxen matrix. It was approved as a new species in 2011. Comes with the analytical data.

Mineral Data
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Lileyite

Formula: 
Ba2(Na,Fe,Ca)3MgTi2(Si2O7)2O2F2
Strunz: 
9.BE.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Brown
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Loranth Minerals

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