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Rhönite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Nickenich, Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Rhönite is a rare and nice mineral from Eifel that occurs as small orange-brown crystals associated to black hematite in a nice contrast with the matrix. Very nice under the microscope !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhönite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Ti)6[O2|(Si,Al)6O18]
Strunz: 
9.DH.40
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Rhön, Fulda, Hesse, Germany

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