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Indialite

#57782
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Indialite from Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Mayen-Koblenz dist., Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - 57782
Indialite from Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Mayen-Koblenz dist., Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - 57782

Indialite

#57782
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 2.5 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
Mg2Al4Si5O18 (RRUFF)
Locality
Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Mayen-Koblenz dist., Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Gorgeous tiny light blue hexagonal prismatic crystals to maybe 0.75mm at the most. There are a lot crystals in the tiny vesicles. Indialite is a high temperature mineral typicaly formed in volcanic and paralava environments such as burned shales above burning coal seams.

Indialite

Formula
Mg2Al4Si5O18 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Hexagonal, Prismatic 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless, pale mauve 
Streak
white 
Class
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
7-7.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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