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Rhönite

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Rhönite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Nickenich, Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

A specimen of redbrown microcrystals of rhönite and yellowbrown pyroxene crystals all over the specimen.

Ex Prof. Gösswein collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhönite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Ti)6[O2|(Si,Al)6O18]
Strunz: 
9.DH.40
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Rhön, Fulda, Hesse, Germany