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Wöhlerite & Låvenite Epitaxial

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ZLT521847

Wöhlerite & Låvenite Epitaxial

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Description

Tabular wöhlerite crystal in epitaxial intergrowth with long prismatic låvenite and sanidine in a vug of a sanidinite ejection block. Excellent sample for this kind of epitaxy.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wöhlerite

Formula: 
NaCa2(Zr,Nb)(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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

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