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Gehlenite

gehlenite

Ca2Al(SiAl)O7

Gehlenite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Gehlenite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via zh.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Gehlenite, (Ca2Al[AlSiO7]), is a sorosilicate, Al-rich endmember of the melilite complete solid solution series with akermanite. The type locality is in the Monzoni Mountains, Fassa Valley in Trentino in Italy, and is named after the Adolf Ferdinand Gehlen (1775–1815) by A.J. Fuchs in 1815.

Scientific references

  1. Gehlenite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418483 Link
  2. Gehlenite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehlenite Link