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Bellbergite & Ettringite

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Bellbergite & Ettringite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

Small part of a xenolith wit a fine crystal ( ~0.3 mm) of bellbergite and acicular bellbergite. The matrx shows also yellow melilite.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bellbergite

Formula: 
(K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4[Al3Si3O12]6·30H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ettringite

Formula: 
Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Ettringer Feld, Western lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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