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Rankinite


Rankinite : Ca3Si2O7

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Locality: Caspar quarry, Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.), Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Rankinite bearing xenolith showing dark grey Rankinite embedded in a garnet-melilite-matrix. The dark colour of the Rankinite is caused by dust like inclusions of magnetite, identification by XRD, field of view 20 mm, collection C.& H. Schäfer



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