Melilite

 
Melilite with nepheline and pyroxene (unidentified)
Origin: Udersdorf, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Csosdakut mine, Tatabanya, Hungary
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Brownish crystals of melilite with micro crystals of nepheline, magneite, apatite and pyroxene
Origin: Stolz Quarry (Graulai; Grauley), Hillesheim, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Sample size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 4.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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