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28th Feb 2012 17:42 UTCKristi Hugs

So my vendor has some really cool looking chalky pieces that have brown opal in the middle. She calls them "Menalite". Checking it out on Google, I see that a lot of folks sell these, also quoting the same material and name of Menalite. Problem is, I cannot find Menalite in the mindat.org database, meaning that this is a name someone made up or it is possibly a new, yet to be IMA approved. Does anyone have any info on this?

28th Feb 2012 18:21 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Mira, the correct spelling is menilite, with "i" in the second syllable, and that is in Mindat. Check the photos of menilite from Spain - they look somewhat similar to yours.

28th Feb 2012 18:54 UTCKristi Hugs

Thanks Alfredo!

I kinda thought that was right? but just did not understand how so many folks had gotten it wrong....until I realized that they each had copied the other :)

28th Feb 2012 19:05 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Probably menilite, http://www.mindat.org/min-9796.html.
 
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