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marialite

[mə′rē·ə‚līt]
(mineralogy)
3NaAlSi3O8·NaCl A scapolite mineral that is isomorphous with meronite.
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The rock contains aggregates optically resembling whitish scapolite or marialite, but dravite crystals potentially occurring together with marialite were not found in the material.
Analyses performed in the scapolites from this deposit (Table 1) show marialite contents very near to 50%, but slightly higher than meionite.
Scapolite (not specified as marialite or meionite) was reported from the Niessa-Isabela pegmatites (DSGM, 1974).
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