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Amicite & Merlinoite

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Amicite & Merlinoite

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Description
Locality: 
Höwenegg Quarry, Immendingen, Tuttlingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Outstanding colorless crystals of the rare mineral amicite from the type locality ansd associated to prismatic crystals of merlinoite (photo 4)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amicite

Formula: 
K2Na2Al4Si4O16·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Höwenegg Quarry (Hewenegg Quarry), Immendingen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Merlinoite

Formula: 
(K,Na)5(Ca,Ba)2Al9Si23O64·23H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Latium, Italy

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