Hey dear community, I hope you are all well and you had a pleasant start to the new week! In this post, I would like to talk a little about minerals and hope you can expand your knowledge about this diverse topic a little.
You can see here a rare mineral which is also known as Melilite, which is also an independent group and minerals and is evaluated on the basis of the content and can only be counted to this group if a mineral contains more than 10% of the type. Melilite also belongs to the Germanates or silicates and was first discovered at the end of the 18th century in the Italian mountains and described by the French mineralogist Jean-Claude Delamétherie (1743 - 1817) who had named it because of the color which is often reminiscent of honey and he specifically referred to the Greek words meli for honey and lithos for stone. As the first place of discovery is probably Capo di Bove in the Albanian mountains in Italy known, which is located near Rome and due to the numerous old excavations ruins, it emerges about what a historical place it is which already had an important significance in the Roman Empire. It is also a former volcanic area and in addition to the formation of melilite by volcanic activities, it can also be metamorphic and worldwide it has been found in less than 150 locations and samples of the rock have also been detected in meteorites. A typical characteristic is probably the yellow color, but it can also happen by impurities with other minerals that it takes on other shades and these specimens show why Jean-Claude Delamétherie had decided to name it after the color. It usually forms only very small crystals that have a shiny surface and, as often with rare minerals, there are no economic areas of application and it is particularly interesting in the circles of collectors.
Thanks a lot for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about minerals! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!