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Batisite & Lileyite

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Batisite & Lileyite

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Description
Locality: 
Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm
Description

Tabular brown batisite with lileyite from the Graulay quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel Mts. Germany. 

SEM-EDS confirmed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Batisite

Formula: 
BaNaNaTi2(Si4O12)O2
Strunz: 
9.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Inagli chrome diopside deposit, Inagli Massif, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Lileyite

Formula: 
Ba2(Na,Fe,Ca)3MgTi2(Si2O7)2O2F2
Strunz: 
9.BE.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Brown
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany