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Ekebergite

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Ekebergite

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Very rare black ekebergite crystals in cavities of sanidine matrix. The mineral was approved in 2018 and is a thorium and niobium oxide. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ekebergite

Formula: 
ThFeNb2O8
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany