Rankinite

Locality: Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, 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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Photo added: 2nd Dec 2007

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