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Günterblassite

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Günterblassite

IMA 2011-032
New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Laacher See, Glees, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

This is a rare new species from Eifel Mts. Compositionaly it's a alkaline-iron-silicate, forms silver white lamellar plates in the small vugs of nepheline and pyroxen bearing xenolite. Very fresh, it was approved in 2011.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Günterblassite

Formula: 
(K,Ca,Ba)2(Fe,Ca,Mg,Na)[(Si,Al)13O25(OH)4]·7H2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Rother Kopf, Roth, Gerolstein, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Loranth Minerals

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