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Friedrichbeckeite

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Friedrichbeckeite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellow friedrichbeckeite crystals on matrix. Very rare mineral!

References: 

[IMA website - Proposals approved in August 2008] [ Lengauer, C.L., Hrauda, N., Kolitsch, U., Krickl, R., Tillmanns, E. (2009): Friedrichbeckeite, K(□0.5Na0.5)2(Mg0.8Mn0.1Fe0.1)2(Be0.6 Mg0.4)3[Si12O30], a new milarite-type mineral from the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel area, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 79]

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Friedrichbeckeite

Formula: 
K(□0.5Na0.5)2Mg2Be3Si12O30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany