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Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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System:	Tetragonal	Colour:	yellow, greenish brown, ...
Hardness:	5 - 5½
Synonym of:	Melilite Group

Melilite was originally described in 1796 from Capo di Bove, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy. The name refers to a group of minerals (melilite group) with chemically similar composition.

References for Melilite
Reference List: - +	Joesten, R. (1974) Pseudomorphic replacement of melilite by idocrase in a zoned calc-silicate skarn. Christmas Mountains, Big Bend region, Texas. American Mineralogist: 5: 694-699. Deer, W.A., R.A. Howie, J. Zussman (1997), Rock Forming Minerals: 1B, 285-334.
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Localities for Melilite
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Algeria
Tamanghasset Province Tanezrouft Acfer 059/El Djouf 001 meteorites	Weber D, Bischoff A (1994) Grossite (CaAl4O7) - a rare phase in terrestrial rocks and meteorites, European Journal of Mineralogy 6, 591-594

Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Mac Robertson Land Prince Charles Mts Beaver Lake	AV Andronikov (1992) The first study of upper mantle inclusions from the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica in Recent Progress in Antarctic Earth Science Tokyo pp163-171

Austria
Styria Bad Gleichenberg Wilhelmsdorf Stradner Kogel	R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
Bad Radkersburg Klöch Basalt quarry	R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
Feldbach Mühldorf Steinberg	R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)

Bolivia
Cochabamba Department Ayopaya Province Laguna Khoallaqui	Schultz (2004)

Brazil
Goiás Amorinópolis Amorinópolis Complex	http://iavcei2004.free.cl/abstracts/Brod_ibxobhffgsxhpfgphnspm.doc.
Minas Gerais Patos de Minas Pântano Pântano intrusion
Santa Catarina Lages
São Paulo Itapirapuã Barra do Itapirapuã	Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.

Canada
Québec Laurentides Deux-Montagnes RCM Oka Oka complex	Gaston Pouliot (1970) Study of carbonatitic calcites from Oka, Quebec. Can Mineral 10:511-540
Bond zone (Quebec Columbium Ltd. and Columbium Mining Products properties)	Gold (1969)
Husereau Hill (Husereau farm)	GOLD, D.P. (1969) The Oka carbonatite and alkaline complex. Guidebook GAC/MAC Annual meeting 1969, 43-62.
Montérégie Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM Vaudreuil-Dorion Île Cadieux alnöite	Bowen, 1922 Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954.

Central African Republic
Lobaye Prefecture Lobaye River (Bali River) Bali meteorite	Hoinkes, G., and Kurat, G. (1975): Meteoritics 10, 416.

China
Shaanxi Province Hanzhong Prefecture Ningqiang Co. Ningqiang meteorite (Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite)	M. Sugita and K. Tomeoka (2009) JAKOKA: 2009 Annual Meeting of the Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences, R9-10.
Sichuan Province Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture Baiyu Co. Lianlong Sn-Ag-Bi deposit	Xiaoming Qu, Zengqian Hou, and Shugui Zhou (2001): Acta Geoscientia Sinica 23(1), 29-34; Zengqian Hou, Khin Zaw, Guitang Pan, Xuanxue Mo, Qiang Xu, Yunzhong Hu, and Xingzhen Li (2007): Ore Geology Reviews 31, 48-87

Czech Republic
Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen) Karlovy Vary Region Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) Podhorní vrch (Podhora)	Ulrych, J., Pivec, E., Bouše, P.: Minerální parageneze ijolitových vyloučenin v olivinickém nefelinitu Podhorního vrchu u Mariánských Lázní. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1995, roč. 3, s. 51-56.
Ústí Region Duchcov (Dux) Želénky	Žáček V., Skála R., Chlupáčová M., Dvořák Z. (2005): Ca-Fe3+-rich, Si-undersaturated buchite from Želénky, northern Bohemian Brown Coal Basin, Czech Republic. European Journal of Mineralogy 17, 623-633.

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Kivu Goma Mt Nyiragongo	Strübel, Zimmer: "Lexikon der Minerale", 2nd Ed., 1991
Mt Shaheru	Mineral. Mag. (1958) 31 (2), 698-699.; Mineralogical Magazine 1957 31 : 698-699.

France
Midi-Pyrénées Aveyron Lapanouse-de-Sévérac (slag locality)	Eytier J.R. & Ch., Favreau G., Devouard B., Vigier J. (2004), Minéraux de pyrométamorphisme de Lapanouse-de Sévérac (Aveyron), Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°85, pp: 3-58
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Saint-Maime-Volx	Favreau G., Meisser N., Chiappero P.J. (2004), Saint-Maime (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence): un exemple de pyrométamorphisme en région provençale, n°3, pp: 59-92
Rhône-Alpes Loire Böen Marcoux Montaubourg	BRGM (1980) - Notice de la carte géologique au 1/50 000ème (feuille Montbrison)

Germany
Baden-Württemberg Black Forest Feldberg area	K. Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
Hegau Immendingen Höwenegg Quarry (Hewenegg Quarry)	S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990; Tschernich, R. (1992), Zeolites of the World, p.42
Kaiserstuhl Schelingen Orberg - Badberg area	No reference listed
Hesse Hofgeismar Westberg Quarry	S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Richelsdorf District Süss Richelsdorf Smelter Slag dumps	S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1992
Rhineland-Palatinate Eifel Bad Breisig Brohl-Lützing (Niederlützingen) Leilenkopf	Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
Daun Hinterweiler Feuerberg	Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 1983
Oberstadtfeld Kahlenberg (Auf'm Kopp)	Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München (2. Auflage), 1987
Schalkenmehren Altburg	[MinRec 32:499]
Üdersdorf Emmelberg	Schäfer, H., Die Mineralien der Einschlüsse und Auswürflinge in den Schlacken des Emmelberges bei Üdersdorf / Eifel, Der Aufschluss 30, 273-282, 1979
Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry)	Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
Gerolstein Birresborn Kalem	Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München (2. Auflage), 1987
Essingen Hohenfels Mühlenberg (Krümmel)	Aufschluss 82(6), 237-240
Rockeskyll Rockeskyll volcanic complex "Auf Dickel" (incl. Nonnental)	Riley, T., Bailey, K., lloyd, F.,, Extrusive carbonatite from the quaternary Rockeskyll complex, West Eifel, Germany, Can. Min., Vol 34, 389-401, 1996
Rockeskyller Kopf (Kyller Kopf)	Haardt, W., Die vulkanischen Auswürflinge und Basalte am Killer Kopf bei Rockeskyll in der Eifel, Jb. Preuß. Geolog. Landesanstalt, Berlin 35, 177-252
Roth Rother Kopf	Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Hillesheim Buch	Hentschel, G.(1987): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 2. Auflage
Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley)	Hentschel, G., Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel, Lapis, Weise Verlag München, 09/1993
Kyller Höhe	Hentschel, G.(1987): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 2. Auflage
Lierwiese	Hentschel, G.(1987): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 2. Auflage
Oberbettingen Lühwald	Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 1983
Wetschberg	Hentschel, G.(1987): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 2. Auflage
Zilsdorf Kahlenberg	Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Mayen Ettringen Bellerberg volcano Southern lava flow Mayener Feld	Hentschel, G. (1973): Frei gewachsene Perowskit Kristalle in den basaltischen Laven der Eifel, Der Aufschluß, Vol. 24, 373 - 377
Niederzissen Burgbrohl Herchenberg	Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
Hannebach Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay)	Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
Saxony Erzgebirge Altenberg Tin mine	Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Drebach Heidelbach mill ?	U. Ludwig, Chemnitz
Oberlausitz Löbau Löbauer Berg	A. Frenzel (1874): Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Königreich Sachsen.- Leipzig

Greenland
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province Paamiut (Frederikshåb) Frederikshåbs Isblink	http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/green.htm
Uummannaq (Umanak) Firth Ubekendt Island	http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/green.htm
Tunu (East Greenland) Province Kangerlussuaq Firth Kangerlussuaq complex Gardiner complex	MinRec 16:485-494
Prinsen af Wales Bjerge Batbjerg Mt.	http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/green.htm

Israel
Negev Hatrurim Formation	Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.
Tel Aviv District Ayalon River (Nahal Ayalon)	Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, Bull. No. 70.

Italy
Basilicata Potenza Province Melfi Vulture Mount Vallone Toppo di Lupo	Stoppa, F., Jones, A.P., and Sharygin, V.V. (2009): Central European Journal of Geosciences 1(2), 131-151
Campania Naples Province Somma-Vesuvius Complex Monte Somma Sant'Anastasia Cupa dell'Olivella	M. Carati - Guida alla mineralogia vesuviana - Calderini, Bologna, 1982
Mt Vesuvius	Russo, M., Punzo, I. (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio, AMI
Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Province Vigarano meteorite (Cariani; Ferrara; Mainardi; Morandi; Parish; Pieve; Vigarano Mainarda; Vigarano Pieve; Vigarno; Vigarvano; Vigavano [NHM cat.])	Abreau & Brearley in Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40(4): 1 (2005)
Latium Rieti Province Rieti Santa Rufina Cupaello Quarry	F. Stoppa and Y. Liu, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 391-402.
Rome Province Alban Hills	Federico, M., Peccerillo, A., (2002): Mineral chemistry and petrogenesis of granular ejecta from the Alban Hills volcano, Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol 74, 223-252
Aqua Acetosa (Acqua Acetosa)	Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
Ariccia	De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
Capo di Bove	Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
Marino Colle Cimino	AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work.
Vallerano	Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
Le Capannelle Casal Rotondo quarry	De Michele V.: Località mineralogiche consigliate: Cava di Casal Rotondo (Roma) i Notizie del Gruppo Min. Lombardo, n. 1, March 1974, pagg. 12-13
Monte Compatri Laghetto Laghetto quarry	Stoppani, F.S. & Curti, E. (1982): I minerali del Lazio. Editoriale Olimpia, Firenze, 291 pp.
Rome Corcolle	No reference listed
Osteria dell'Osa Osa quarry	A. Del caldo - Località mineralogiche consigliate: Le vulcaniti laziali: Notizie del Guppo Min. Lombardo - 1, March 1971, pp. 6-8 - (This publication later changed its name in Rivista Minealogica Italiana) ; Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
Valleranello Vallerano Quarries
Viterbo Province Làtera volcano Onano Montenero quarry	Cresta, S., Duronio, F., Mancinella, D. (2002): Geositi e sistema delle arre protette del Lazio: idee per la geoconservazione. Il Cercapietre, 1-2/2002, 48-55
Puglia Lecce province Otranto Grotta Romanelli	C. L. Garavelli, Asciano F. Quagliarella, and F. Vurro: Melilite di Grotta Romanelli (Otranto) Periodico di Mineralogia (1974), 43(1), 39-49.
Umbria Terni Province San Venanzo Vispi Quarry (incl. Celli; Pian di Celle)	Cingolani G. (1974) - Eccezionali cristalli di Kalsilite a S. Venanzo (Umbria) - Notizie del Gruppo Min. Lombardo, Fasc. 3, Sept. 1974 - Milano, pp. 66-67; V. V. Sharygin et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 1199-1212.

Kazakhstan
Pavlodar Province (Pavlodar Oblysy; Pavlodarskaya Oblast') Efremovka meteorite	Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI

Madagascar
Toamasina Province (Tamatave) Alaotra-Mangoro Region Amparafaravola District Amparafaravola	Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Geologique A. 1871

Mexico
Chihuahua Pueblito de Allende Allende meteorite (Pueblito de Allende meteorite; Qutrixpileo meteorite [NHM cat.])	Imai H. and Yurimoto H. (2000).; American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1483–1486, 2009; Stuart A. Sweeney Smith (2010) Characterization of two atypical refractory inclusions from separate CV3 chondritic meteorites: Petrogenesis in the early Solar System . Senior Comprehensive Exercise Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.

Morocco
Meknès-Tafilalet Region Er Rachidia Province Er Rachidia NWA 470 Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite	Ivanova, M. A. et al (2002): Meteorit.Planet. Sci. 37, 1337-1444.

Namibia
Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region Tsumeb Tsumeb smelter (slag locality)	Ettler, V., Johan, Z., Kříbek, B., Šebek, O. & Mihaljevič, M. (2009): Mineralogy and environmental stability of slags from the Tsumeb smelter, Namibia. Applied Geochemistry 24, 1-15.

Norway
Telemark Skien Flekkeren	Jamtveit B., Dahlgren S. and Austrheim H. (1997): High-grade contact metamorphism of calcareous rocks from the Oslo Rift, Southern Norway. American Mineralogist. 82 : 1241 - 1254

Palestine
West Bank Hatrurim Formation Tarqumiya (Tarqumiye)	Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, Bull. no. 70.

Poland
Upper Silesia (Śląskie) Katowice Świętochłowice Zinc smelter (slag locality)	Puziewicz, J., Zainoun, K. and Bril, H. (2007): Primary phases in pyrometallurgical slags from a zinc-smelting waste dump, Świętochłowice, Upper Silesia, Poland. Can. Mineral. 45, 1189-1200.

Romania
Alba Co. Apuseni District Upper Cerboaia Valley	The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 39, pp. 1405-1434 (2001)
Hunedoara Co. Hunedoara Cornet Hill	The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 39, pp. 1405-1434 (2001)

Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai) Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin Odikhincha massif	Pavel M. Kartashov data
Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye) Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic Dovyren Highlands Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif	Galuskin, Evgeny V. et al. (2007) Dovyrenite Ca6Zr[Si2O7]2(OH)4: Vol. 38(1) , 15-27.
Yeniseisk Autonomous Oblast' Kuznetsk Alatau Range
Northern Region Murmanskaja Oblast' Kola Peninsula Khibiny Massif	www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/khib.htm
Putelichorr Mt.	Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Konopleva, N.G., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Mikhailova, Y.A. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(7), 599-606.
Lovozero Massif	www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
Turii Cape Turii alkaline Massif (Turiy massif)	www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/tury.htm
Northern Karelia Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif	www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/vuori.htm

Spain
Castile-La Mancha Ciudad Real Campo de Calatrava volcanoes	JRGL collection

Sweden
Medelpad Timrå Söråker	Sandström, F., Binett, T., Wiklund, C. & Vikström, J. (2010): Alnöområdets geologi och mineralogi. Litiofilen. 27 (2) :14-42

Switzerland
Schaffhausen Ramsen Basalt outcrops	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 271.

Tanzania
Arusha Region Mt. Oldoinyo Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai)
Kilimanjaro Region Eledoi Hill	C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.
Labait volcano	C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.
Pello Hill	C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.

UK
England Cornwall St Agnes District Crantock The Gannel Smelter (slag locality)	BMS Newsletter 79, March 2010 (http://britishmicromountsociety.homestead.com/Gannell-Smelter.html)
Northern Ireland Co. Antrim Larne Scawt Hill	American Mineralogist: 33: 786; Mineralogical Magazine 1930 22 : 222-224; Mineralogical Magazine 1942 26 : 190-196
Scotland Strathclyde (Argyllshire) Isle of Mull 'S Airde Beinn	Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 92-106.

USA
Arizona Apache Co. Navajo Indian Reservation Monument Valley Dinnehotso Garnet Ridge	Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits in the Monument Valley area, Apache & Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 57.
Navajo Co.	www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/usa.htm
Navajo volcanic field	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 293; Laughlin, A.W., et al (1986), Hetromorphism and crystallization paths of katungites, Navajo volcanic field, AZ, USA, in J. Ross, et al (editor), Kimberlites and related rocks, vol. 1, Geol. Soc. Australia Spec. Pub. 14.
Arkansas Hot Spring Co. Magnet Cove Kimzey Magnetite Mine	Rocks & Min.: 63: 109.
California Humboldt Co. Coastal Range Coyote Peak	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 493; www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/usa.htm.
Riverside Co. Crestmore Crestmore quarries	[micromounts@yahoogroups.com]
Colorado Gunnison Co. White Earth District (Powderhorn District) Iron Hill (Iron Hill carbonatite complex)	"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 17, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997; USGS ProfessionaL Paper 197A
Teller Co. Cripple Creek District	Min Rec 36:2 pp143-185
Hawaii Honolulu Co. Oahu Island Honolulu Moiliili Quarry	Dunham, K.C. (1933) The American Mineralogist, 18, 369-385.; Wilkinson & Stolz (1983) Contr. Min. Petr., 83, 363-374.
Salt Lake Crater (Aliapaakai)	Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 58, 1-48 (1947)
Kansas Decatur Co. Leoville meteorite (Leoville CV3 meteorite)	Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf
Woodson Co. Micro-Lite Quarry (Hills Pond Lamproite)	Am Min 44:1082-1086
Kentucky Elliott Co. Elliott County Kimberlite	Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954.
Michigan Houghton Co.	www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-glm-rcim-geology-Minerals_Found_In_Michigan.Pdf.
Missouri Cass Co. Avon	Woolley, A.R (1987) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World.
St. Genevieve Co. Avon diatreme	R&M 73:2 pp 98-117
New Jersey Sussex Co. Frankford Township Wykertown Wykertown nepheline syenite intrusive	Rutgers Univ. Bull. #5, Pt 1:56-57.
New York Herkimer Co. Town of Manheim	Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.120
Onondaga Co. Syracuse	Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.120
Tompkins Co. Ithaca	Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.120
Texas Brewster Co. Christmas Mts Unnamed skarn deposit	Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.; American Mineralogist: 59: 694-699.
Culberson Co. Apache Peak area Marble Canyon Mine (Texas Agricultural Aggregates Quarry)	Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224.; Am Min 51:1766-1774
Uvalde Co. Knippa Knippa quarry (Whites mines; Texas Traprock quarries; Traprock Hill)	R&M 66:3 pp 196-224
Washington Whatcom Co. Sisters District Twin Sisters Mountain Green Creek Ribbon Mine (Washington Chrome Mine)	Metal Mines of Washington-Preliminary Report; R. Derkey, N. Joseph, R. Lasmanis, 1990
Wyoming Campbell Co. Reno Junction Durham Ranch	American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 1440-1448, 1988
Johnson Co. Buffalo Healy Coal seam	AmMin 72:137

Yemen
Hadramawt Governorate Kaidun meteorite	Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)

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