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NEPHELINE

Miscellaneous

• Family: Feldspar
• Region: None
• Mined At: Unspecified
• Raw Mineral: Yes
• Generic: Yes

Notes

(Richard Willis)

Mineral, of the ideal form K₂O, 3Na₂O, 4Al₂O₃, 8SiO₂ with a typical empirical analysis of K₂O 8.06%, Na₂O 15.91%, Al₂O₃ 34.90%, SiO₂ 41.13%
Hardness: 5.5-6 Density: 2.6-2.65 Soluble in acids
Popular high-alkaline feldspathic for low to medium temperature glazes, common to use of magmatics and pegmatites. Similar are apatite, cancrinite, and syenite. Mostly used in combination with syenite vis a vis the rock, nepheline-syenite, even though it is equally available via the rock, nephelinite.

URLs

• Wikipedia definition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepheline

Authors

• Richard Willis (Owner)

Pictures

• Nepheline Syenite flow test

  

• Nephrite Jade W Blacklite

  

XML

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<family name="Feldspar"/>
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<note>Mineral, of the ideal form K&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;O, 3Na&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;O, 4Al&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;O&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;3&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;, 8SiO&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SUB&gt; &lt;/SUB&gt;with a typical empirical analysis of K&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;O 8.06%, Na&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;O 15.91%, Al&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;O&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;3&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; 34.90%, SiO&lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; 41.13%
Hardness: 5.5-6 Density: 2.6-2.65 Soluble in acids
Popular high-alkaline feldspathic for low to medium temperature glazes, common to use of magmatics and pegmatites. Similar are apatite, cancrinite, and syenite. Mostly used in combination with syenite vis a vis the rock, &lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;nepheline-syenite, &lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;even though it is equally available via the rock, &lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;nephelinite.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;

</note>
</notes>
<pictures>
<picture description="Nepheline Syenite flow test" filename="nephelinesyeniteflowtest.jpg"/>
<picture description="Nephrite Jade W Blacklite" filename="nephrite_jade_w_blacklite.jpg"/>
</pictures>
</material>

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