Levantite

levantite

gehlenite

wollastonite

esseineite

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Formula: KCa₃Al₂(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(PO₄)
Phyllosilicate (sheet silicate), latiumite group
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 2.957 calculated
Hardness: 5
Environments

Metamorphic environments

Leveantite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2017.

Localities

At the type locality, Har Parsa, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District, Israel, levantite was found in gehlenite–wollastonite hornfels. Levantite forms later zones on long-prismatic crystals of latiumite. Rarer homogeneous colourless levantite crystals up to 0.2 mm long were noted. Minerals of the levantite–latiumite series are associated with gehlenite, wollastonite, esseneite–diopside, anorthite and titanium-bearing andradite (MM 83.5.713-721.

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