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Meliphanite

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Meliphanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

A group of white, lenticular, large (for the specie) meliphanite crystals on albite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meliphanite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)2(Be,Al)[Si2O6(OH,F)]
Strunz: 
9.DP.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Stavern (Fredriksvärn), Larvik, Vestfold, Norway