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Mendigite Nosean & Sanidine

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Mendigite Nosean & Sanidine

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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: 
1.8 × 2 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Selected part of ansanidinite ejection block with a vug showing several mendigite crystals, nosean an sanidine.
Excellent sample for the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mendigite

Formula: 
Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Nosean

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Sandkuhle, Maria Laach, Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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