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Schorlomite With Nepheline

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Schorlomite With Nepheline

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 4.5 × 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
187.00gr
Description

Contrastful cabinet specimen featuring pale hexagonal nepheline associated to pitch black, very lustrous melanite var. schorlomite crystals.

Very rich for the paragenesis. Acquired at the Munich Show 2006, in my collection ever since.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schorlomite

Formula: 
Ca3(Ti,Fe3+)2((Si,Fe3+)O4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA

Nepheline

Formula: 
(Na,K)AlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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