Description: Limburgite (hyalo nepheline-basanite) Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 4'5 x 3 cm. This rock contains many cavities bearing zeolites (phillipsite) ± calcite. Augite is black, altered olivine is brownish, and the glass is dark brown coloured.

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