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Perovskite & Melilite & Nepheline

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Perovskite & Melilite & Nepheline

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Description
Locality: 
Löhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm
Description

Nice crystals of perovskite, nepheline, melilite, augite , leucite and apatite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perovskite

Formula: 
CaTiO3
Strunz: 
4.CC.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Akhmatovskaya Kop' (Achmatovsk Mine), Nazyamskie Mts, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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