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Wöhlerite Låvenite & Fluorite

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Wöhlerite Låvenite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Clear prismatic crystals of låvenite and tabular wöhlerite crystals with minor fluorite

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic