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Melilite

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Mendig, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Formula:
(Ca,Na)
 
2
(Al,Mg,Fe
2+
 
)[(Al,Si)SiO
 
7
]
System:TetragonalColour:yellow, greenish brown, ...
Hardness:5 - 5½


The Melilite Group contains the Gehlenite-Åkermanite series.

Melilite was originally described from Capo di Bove, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy.

Classification of Melilite

IMA status:Group Name
Strunz 8th edition ID:8/.-

8 : Silicates
:
:
Dana 8th edition ID:55.4.1.3

55 : SOROSILICATES Si2O7 Groups,Generally with no Additional Anions
4 : Si2O7 Groups, Generally with No Additional Anions with cations in [8] and lower coordination
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Physical Properties of Melilite

Colour:yellow, greenish brown, white
Streak:white
Hardness (Mohs):5 - 5½
Cleavage:Distinct/Good

Crystallography of Melilite

Crystal System:Tetragonal

Optical Data of Melilite

Type:Uniaxial (-)
RI values: nω = 1.632 - 1.669 nε = 1.626 - 1.658
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.006 - 0.011

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Moderate

Chemical Properties of Melilite

Formula:
(Ca,Na)
 
2
(Al,Mg,Fe
2+
 
)[(Al,Si)SiO
 
7
]
Common Impurities:Fe

Relationship of Melilite to other Species

Minerals in Group:
Åkermanite:
Ca
 
2
Mg[Si
 
2
O
 
7
]
Gehlenite:
Ca
 
2
Al[AlSiO
 
7
]
Related Minerals - Strunz Grouping):

- +
8/.-Axinite
8/.-Heulandite
8/.-Maufite
8/.-Zinalsite
8/.-Lessingite-(Ce)
8/.-Sturtite
8/.-Celsian-Hyalophane Series
8/.-Moronolite
8/.-25Rinkite
Na(Na,Ca)
 
2
(Ca,Ce)
 
4
Ti[F
 
2
|(O,F)
 
2
|(Si
 
2
O
 
7
)
 
2
]

Other Names for Melilite

Synonyms:
Melilith
Other Languages:
Russian:Мелилит
Spanish:Melilita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Algeria
     
    • Tamanghasset Province
      • Tanezrouft
    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Mac Robertson Land
        • Prince Charles Mts
    Austria
     
    • Styria
      • Bad Gleichenberg
        • Wilhelmsdorf
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
      • Bad Radkersburg
        • Klöch
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
      • Feldbach
        • Mühldorf
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    Bolivia
     
    • Cochabamba Department
      • Ayopaya Province
    		Schultz (2004)
    Brazil
     
    • Central-West Region
      • Goiás
        • Amorinópolis
    		http://iavcei2004.free.cl/abstracts/Brod_ibxobhffgsxhpfgphnspm.doc.
    • South Region
      • Santa Catarina
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Patos de Minas
          • Pântano
        • Tapira
      • São Paulo
        • Itapirapuã
    		Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.
    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Laurentides
        • Deux-Montagnes RCM
          • Oka
    Gold (1969)
    Gold (1969)
      • Montérégie
        • Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
          • Vaudreuil-Dorion
    		Bowen, 1922 Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954.
    China
     
    • Sichuan Province
      • Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture
        • Batang Co.
    		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)
    		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.
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Kivu
      • Goma
    		Strübel, Zimmer: "Lexikon der Minerale", 2nd Ed., 1991
    Mineral. Mag. (1958) 31 (2), 698-699.; Mineralogical Magazine 1957 31 : 698-699.
    France
     
    • Midi-Pyrénées
      • Aveyron
    		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
    		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
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
    		K. Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
      • Hegau
        • Immendingen
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990; Tschernich, R. (1992), Zeolites of the World, p.42
      • Kaiserstuhl
        • Schelingen
    		No reference listed
    • Hesse
      • North Hesse
        • Hofgeismar
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Richelsdorf District
          • Süss
            • Richelsdorf Smelter
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1992
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Eifel Mts
        • Bad Breisig
          • Brohl-Lützing (Niederlützingen)
    		Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
        • Daun
          • Hinterweiler
    		Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 1983
          • Oberstadtfeld
    		Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München (2. Auflage), 1987
          • Schalkenmehren
    		[MinRec 32:499]
          • Üdersdorf
    		Schäfer, H., Die Mineralien der Einschlüsse und Auswürflinge in den Schlacken des Emmelberges bei Üdersdorf / Eifel, Der Aufschluss 30, 273-282, 1979
    Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
        • Gerolstein
          • Birresborn
    		Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München (2. Auflage), 1987
          • Essingen
            • Hohenfels
    		Aufschluss 82(6), 237-240
          • Rockeskyll
    		Riley, T., Bailey, K., lloyd, F.,, Extrusive carbonatite from the quaternary Rockeskyll complex, West Eifel, Germany, Can. Min., Vol 34, 389-401, 1996
    Haardt, W., Die vulkanischen Auswürflinge und Basalte am Killer Kopf bei Rockeskyll in der Eifel, Jb. Preuß. Geolog. Landesanstalt, Berlin 35, 177-252
          • Roth
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Hillesheim
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
          • Oberbettingen
    		Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 1983
    Hentschel, G., Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel, Lapis, Weise Verlag München, 09/1993
          • Zilsdorf
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Mayen
          • Ettringen
            • Bellerberg volcano
              • Southern lava flow
    		Hentschel, G. (1973): Frei gewachsene Perowskit Kristalle in den basaltischen Laven der Eifel, Der Aufschluß, Vol. 24, 373 - 377
        • Niederzissen
          • Burgbrohl
    		Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
          • Hannebach
    		Brauns, R., Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1922
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Altenberg
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Ehrenfriedersdorf
          • Drebach
    		U. Ludwig, Chemnitz
      • Oberlausitz
        • Löbau
    		A. Frenzel (1874): Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Königreich Sachsen.- Leipzig
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Paamiut (Frederikshåb)
    		http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/green.htm
      • Uummannaq (Umanak) Firth
    		http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/green.htm
    • Tunu (East Greenland) Province
      • Kangerlussuaq Firth
        • Kangerlussuaq complex
    		MinRec 16:485-494
        • Prinsen af Wales Bjerge
    		http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/green.htm
    Israel
     
    Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, Bull. No. 70.
    • Negev desert
    		Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.
    Italy
     
    • Basilicata
      • Potenza Province
        • Mt. Vulture
    		F. Stoppa and Y. Liu, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 391-402.
    F. Stoppa and Y. Liu, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 391-402.
    • Campania
      • Naples Province
        • Somma-Vesuvius Complex
          • Monte Somma
            • Sant'Anastasia
    		M. Carati - Guida alla mineralogia vesuviana - Calderini, Bologna, 1982
    Russo, M., Punzo, I. (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio, AMI
    • Emilia-Romagna
      • Ferrara Province
    		Abreau & Brearley in Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40(4): 1 (2005)
    • Latium
      • Rieti Province
        • Rieti
          • Cupaello Basso Locality
    		F. Stoppa and Y. Liu, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 391-402.
      • Rome Province
    		Federico, M., Peccerillo, A., (2002): Mineral chemistry and petrogenesis of granular ejecta from the Alban Hills volcano, Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol 74, 223-252
    Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
    Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
          • Marino
    		AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work.
    Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
    Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
        • Le Capannelle
    		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
    		Stoppani, F.S. & Curti, E. (1982): I minerali del Lazio. Editoriale Olimpia, Firenze, 291 pp.
        • Rome
    		No reference listed
          • Valleranello
        • Tivoli
          • Osteria dell'Osa
    		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)
      • Viterbo Province
        • Onano
    		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
    		 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
        • Marsciano
          • San Venanzo
    		V. V. Sharygin et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 1199-1212.
    Cingolani G. (1974) - Eccezionali cristalli di Kalsilite a S. Venanzo (Umbria) - Notizie del Gruppo Min. Lombardo, Fasc. 3, Sept. 1974 - Milano, pp. 66-67
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Southern-Kazakhstan Oblast')
      • Tien-Shan Mts
        • Talass Alatau Range
    • Pavlodar Oblysy (Pavlodar [Pavlodarskaya] Oblast')
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI
    Madagascar
     
    • Toamasina (Tamatave) Province
      • Alaotra-Mangoro Region
        • Amparafaravola District
    		Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Geologique A. 1871
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Pueblito de Allende
    		Imai H. and Yurimoto H. (2000).; American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1483–1486, 2009
    Morocco
     
    • Meknès-Tafilalet Region
      • Er Rachidia Province
        • Er Rachidia
    		Ivanova, M. A. et al (2002): Meteorit.Planet. Sci. 37, 1337-1444.
    Namibia
     
    • Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region
      • Tsumeb
    		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
    		Am. Min., Volume 82, 1241–1254, 1997
    Palestine
     
    • West Bank
      • Hatrurim Formation
    		Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, Bull. no. 70.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai)
        • Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Lake Baikal area
            • Dovyren Highlands
    		Galuskin, Evgeny V. et al. (2007) Dovyrenite Ca6Zr[Si2O7]2(OH)4: Vol. 38(1) , 15-27.
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/khib.htm
    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.
          • Kovdor Massif
    		[World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
          • Turii Cape
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/tury.htm
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/vuori.htm
    Sweden
     
    • Medelpad
      • Sundsvall
    		No reference listed
      • Timrå
    Switzerland
     
    • Schaffhausen
      • Ramsen
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 271.
    Tanzania
     
    • Arusha Region
    • Kilimanjaro Region
    		C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.
    C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.
    C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.
    UK
     
    • Northern Ireland
      • Co. Antrim
        • Larne
    		American Mineralogist: 33: 786; Mineralogical Magazine 1930 22 : 222-224; Mineralogical Magazine 1942 26 : 190-196
    • Scotland
      • Strathclyde (Argyllshire)
        • Isle of Mull
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 92-106.
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Apache Co.
        • Navajo Indian Reservation
          • Monument Valley
            • Dinnehotso
    		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.
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/usa.htm
    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
    		Rocks & Min.: 63: 109.
    • California
      • Humboldt Co.
        • Orick District
          • Orick
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/usa.htm.
      • Riverside Co.
        • Crestmore
    		[micromounts@yahoogroups.com]
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • White Earth District (Powderhorn District)
    		"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 17, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
      • Teller Co.
    		Min Rec 36:2 pp143-185
    • Hawaii
      • Honolulu Co.
        • Oahu Island
          • Honolulu
    		Dunham, K.C. (1933) The American Mineralogist, 18, 369-385.; Wilkinson & Stolz (1983) Contr. Min. Petr., 83, 363-374.
    • Kansas
      • Decatur Co.
    		Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf
      • Woodson Co.
    		Am Min 44:1082-1086
    • Kentucky
      • Elliott Co.
    		Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954.
    • Michigan
    		www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-glm-rcim-geology-Minerals_Found_In_Michigan.Pdf.
    • Missouri
      • Cass Co.
    		Woolley, A.R (1987) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World.
      • St. Genevieve Co.
    		R&M 73:2 pp 98-117
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex Co.
        • Frankford Township
          • Wykertown
    		Rutgers Univ. Bull. #5, Pt 1:56-57.
    • New York
      • Herkimer Co.
    		Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.120
      • Onondaga Co.
    		Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.120
      • Tompkins Co.
    		Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.120
    • Texas
      • Brewster Co.
        • Christmas Mts
    		Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.; American Mineralogist: 59: 694-699.
      • Culberson Co.
        • Apache Peak area
    		Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224.; Am Min 51:1766-1774
      • Uvalde Co.
        • Knippa
    		R&M 66:3 pp 196-224
    • Washington
      • Whatcom Co.
        • Sisters District
          • Twin Sisters Mountain
            • Green Creek
    		Metal Mines of Washington-Preliminary Report; R. Derkey, N. Joseph, R. Lasmanis, 1990
    • Wyoming
      • Campbell Co.
        • Reno Junction
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 1440-1448, 1988
      • Johnson Co.
    		AmMin 72:137
    Yemen
     
    • South Yemen
    		Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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