Ye'elimite

Ye’elimite and hydroxylellestadite intimately intergrown as a brownish aggregate in massive anhydrite
Origin: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany
Picture size: 6 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Colourless grey massive ye'elimite
Origin: Haturim formation, Har Ye'elim, Negev Desert, west of the Dead Sea, Southern Israel (type locality)
Sample size: ca. 1 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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