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Låvenite

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Låvenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Laacher See, Glees, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.35cm
Description

Cluster of elongated prism låvenite crystals accompanied by pyroxene. Good size, transparence and brilliance.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Låvenite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(Zr,Ti)(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway