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Multiple photos availableObertiite : [Na][Na2][Mg3(Ti,Fe3+,Mn3+)2][O2|Si8O22]

Caspar quarry, Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.), Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Really small pink-orange crystal of Obertiite (TL). Picture width is 1,8mm.
 © Elmar Lackner 2009Photo ID: 74876    View Count: 367

Obertiite : [Na][Na2][Mg3(Ti,Fe3+,Mn3+)2][O2|Si8O22]

Caspar quarry, Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.), Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Pale-pink crystals of Obertiite (TL). Picture width is 1,8mm
 © Elmar Lackner 2009Photo ID: 242817    View Count: 44

Obertiite : [Na][Na2][Mg3(Ti,Fe3+,Mn3+)2][O2|Si8O22]

Wannenköpfe, Ochtendung, Polch, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

New for the Wannenköpfe: Obertiite, small (0,2mm) pink crystals. Obertiite is a rather new (2000) mineral from the Amphibole group. It occurs with Sanidine, often Tridymite, and sometimes with Titanite and Pyroxene. Type locality: Bellerberg. Named after Roberta Oberti of Pavia, Italy. Wannenköpfe near Ochtendung. With thanks to Günter Blass ...
 © Fred KruijenPhoto ID: 62300    View Count: 662
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