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Marialite

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Locality: 
Las Navas Quarry, Lebrija, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm
Weight: 
67.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen of marialite, belonging to the Escapolita Group.
The specimens were collected in the municipality of Lebrija, near the Cortijo de las Navas, where the old and flooded Las Navas ophite quarry is located, on which today the so-called Laguna de las Navas is located. A classic for Spanish collectors.
Ex. Col. Emilio Sastre (Conil)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marialite

Formula: 
Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Pianura, Phlegrean Fields, Naples Province, Phlegrean Volcanic complex, Campania, Italy

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