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Melilite With Nepheline

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Melilite With Nepheline

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Osa Quarry, Osteria dell'Osa, Rome Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Weight: 
76.00gr
Description

Rich specimen consisting of a volcanic drusy of rare needle-like melilite associated to blocky nepheline. Excellent color contrast with the underlying dark matrix.
Both species are in good conditions and well represented, and are best observed at 10x magnification.

From the defunct Latian locality, the specimen comes from an older German collection.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melilite

Group Parent: 
Melilite Group

Nepheline

Formula: 
(Na,K)AlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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