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Schäferite

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Schäferite

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Description
Locality: 
Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm
Description

Orange schäferite crystals on matrix from the Rothenberg quarry. Confirmed find from G. Möhn. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schäferite

Formula: 
Ca2NaMg2(VO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany