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Titanite Nosean Pyroxene Group

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Titanite Nosean Pyroxene Group

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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 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

Biterminated, orange, transparent titanite crystal with colorless nosean and black augite from a vug in sanidinite ejecta. FOV 3.3 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, 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

Pyroxene Group

Group Members: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Orthopyroxene Subgroup

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