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Prismatine from
Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


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Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine, etc.

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Prismatine, etc.

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
07879110017271928858690.jpg
Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
07566170017271928872056.jpg
Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
06434280017272028521246.jpg
Prismatine

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
03865100017272028536935.jpg
Prismatine, etc.

Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Prismatine
Formula:(◻,Fe,Mg)(Mg,Al,Fe)5Al4Si2(Si,Al)2(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)22
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Corundum1
- var Ruby1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prismatine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:81791
Long-form Identifier:1:3:81791:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Sauer, A. (1886) Protokoll der Sitzung vom 29. September 1886. Über eine eigentümliche Granulitart als Muttergestein zweier neuer Mineralspecies [Minutes of the meeting of 29 September 1886. On a peculiar type of granulite as the parent rock of two new mineral species]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 38. 704-705
de Villiers, J. E. (1940) Iron-rich kornerupine from Port Shepstone, Natal. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 25 (169) 550-556 doi:10.1180/minmag.1940.025.169.05 (contains an analysis of "kornerupine var. prismatine" from Waldheim).
Grew, Edward S., Cooper, Mark A., Hawthorne, Frank C. (1996) Prismatine: revalidation for boron-rich compositions in the kornerupine group. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (400) 483-491 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.400.09
Thomas, R., Davidson, P., Rericha, A. (2022) Prismatine granulite from Waldheim/Saxony: Zircon-Reidite. Journal of Earth & Environment Science (JEES): 103(1): 1-3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358270466_Prismatine_granulite_from_WaldheimSaxony_Zircon-Reidite
 
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