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Rankinite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

Rare analysed material from C. Schäfer collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rankinite

Formula: 
Ca3Si2O7
Strunz: 
9.BC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Scawt Hill, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK