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Götzenite & Nepheline

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Götzenite & Nepheline

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Description
Locality: 
Rother Kopf, Roth, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm
Description

Part of a fissure with nepheline and a group of colorless götzenite crystals (~0.9 mm). Other minerals present are calcite, pyroxene and magnetite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Götzenite

Formula: 
Na2Ca5Ti(Si2O7)2F4
Strunz: 
9.BE.22
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Shaheru, Mt Nyiragongo, Goma, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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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