Mineral name
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Mayenite
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Hight: 8 cm, width 9 cm |
Hölzel-No.
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4.CE.740 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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1963-016 |
Chemical formula
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Ca12(Al)14O33 |
Type locality
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Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Ettringer Bellerberg near Mayen |
Associated minerals
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Brownmillerite, calcite, wollastonite, gehlenite, larnite, diopside, grossular, pyrrhotite, spinel, ettringite, portlandite, hydrocalumite, jasmundite, vaterite, tobermorite, thaumasite |
Collection
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GeoMuseum - Universität zu Köln |
Contact person
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Dr. Yannick Bussweiler |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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M5026/86 / Stahlschrank Systematiksammlung |
Nature of
type specimen
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Intimate intergrowth of mayenite (colorless), brownmillerite (dark brownish red) and further associated minerals, grain size of mayenite < 60 µm) |
References
Mayenit, 12CaO·7Al2O3, und Brownmillerit, 2CaO·(Al, Fe)2O3, zwei neue Minerale in den Kalksteineinschlüssen der Lava des Ettringer Bellerberges
Hentschel, G. (1964)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 22-29 |
Notes / Further information
Sample B3, original material from the dissertation of G. Hentschel (University of Cologne, 1964). |
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