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(1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C.A.S. Hoffmann. \u003Ci> Bergmännisches Journal\u003C\u002Fi>,  2 (1) 369-398",{"id":92,"year":89,"html":93,"doi":11},16116744,"Karsten, D.L.G. (1789): Des Herrn Nathanael Gottfried Leske hinterlassenes Mineralienkabinett, systematisch geordnet und beschrieben, auch mit vielen wissenschaftlichen Anmerkungen und mehreren äussern Beschreibungen der Fossilien begleitet.- Leipzig, Vol. 1, p. 334-335 (as Honigstein).",{"id":95,"year":96,"html":97,"doi":11},16116745,1790,"Born, I. von (1790) Catalogue méthodique et raisonné de la collection des fossils de Mlle. Eleonore de Raab. 4 volumes, 8vo, Vienna: 2: 90 (as Succin transparent en cristaux octaèdres; as Pierre de miel).",{"id":99,"year":100,"html":101,"doi":11},16131691,1794,"Richard Kirwan (1794) \u003Ci>Elements of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> - second edition Vol. 1. P. Elmsly, The Strand.",{"id":103,"year":104,"html":105,"doi":11},16772208,1802,"Klaproth, M. H. (1802) LXXXIV. Untersuchung des Honigsteins. In \u003Ci>Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 3. Rottmann. p.114-134. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.e-rara.ch\u002Fdownload\u002Fpdf\u002F12724688.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":107,"year":108,"html":109,"doi":11},16116748,1819,"Becquerel (1819) Le Journal de physique et le radium, Paris: 89: 237 (as Xylocryptite).",{"id":111,"year":112,"html":113,"doi":11},12960854,1822,"Haüy, René Just (1822) \u003Ci>Traité de Minéralogie\u003C\u002Fi> (2nd ed.) Vol. 4. Bachelier, Paris. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Farchive.org\u002Fdownload\u002Ftraitdeminralog06goog\u002Ftraitdeminralog06goog.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":115,"year":116,"html":117,"doi":11},16116750,1855,"Dauber (1855) Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig: 94: 410.",{"id":119,"year":120,"html":121,"doi":11},16116751,1860,"Schrauf (1860) Konigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Sitzber.: 41.",{"id":123,"year":124,"html":125,"doi":11},16116752,1867,"Des Cloizeaux, A. (1867) Nouvelles recherches sur les propriétés optique des cristaux, naturels ou artificiels, et sur les variations que ces propriétés éprouvent sous l’influence de la chaleur. 222pp., Paris. (Institut imperial de France, Mémoires 18): 15.",{"id":127,"year":128,"html":129,"doi":11},16116753,1883,"Hankel (1883) Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig: 18: 422.",{"id":131,"year":132,"html":133,"doi":11},4468628,1920,"(1920) \u003Ci>Atlas Der Krystallformen\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 6 - Text - Band VI - Markasit-Pyrit. Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, Heidelberg.",{"id":135,"year":136,"html":137,"doi":11},16116755,1930,"Doelter, C. (1930) Handbuch der Mineral-chemie (in 4 volumes divided into parts): 4 [3]: 798.",{"id":139,"year":140,"html":141,"doi":11},520054,1933,"Barth, Tom F. W., Ksanda, C. J. (1933) Crystallographic data on mellite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  18 (1) 8-13 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM18\u002FAM18_8.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":143,"year":140,"html":144,"doi":11},16116757,"Hintze, Carl (1933) Handbuch der Mineralogie. Berlin and Leipzig. 6 volumes: 1 [4B]: 1346.",{"id":146,"year":147,"html":148,"doi":11},1118652,1951,"Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.",{"id":150,"year":151,"html":152,"doi":153},5913,1965,"Jobbins, E. A., Sergeant, G. A., Young, B. R. (1965) X-ray and other data for mellite. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  35 (271) 542-544 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1965.035.271.10'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1965.035.271.10\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_35\u002F35-271-542.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1965.035.271.10",{"id":155,"year":156,"html":157,"doi":158},214682,1973,"Giacovazzo, C., Menchetti, S., Scordari, F. (1973) The crystal structure of mellite. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  29 (1) 26-31 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0567740873001925'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0567740873001925\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0567740873001925",{"id":160,"year":161,"html":162,"doi":163},580773,1991,"Robl, Christian, Kuhs, Werner F. (1991) A neutron diffraction study on hydrogen bonding in the mineral mellite (Al2[C6(COO)6] · 16H2O) at 15 K. \u003Ci>Journal of Solid State Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  92. 101-109 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002F0022-4596(91)90246-e'>doi:10.1016\u002F0022-4596(91)90246-e\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002F0022-4596(91)90246-e",{"id":165,"year":166,"html":167,"doi":11},16965933,2005,"(2005) Mellite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fmellite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",[169,179,185,195,202,210,217,225,232,240,249,255,260,267,272,280,287,294,301,308,314,320],{"id":170,"source_url":171,"license_code":172,"credit_html":173,"title":174,"description":175,"author":176,"original_width":177,"original_height":178},15820,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9786865","CC BY 4.0","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9786865\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MELLITE Taillée Hongrie.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa> cut \n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality : Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, Fejér Co., Hungary\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size : 9.8x8.2mm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Didier Descouens",3084,2488,{"id":180,"source_url":181,"license_code":182,"credit_html":183,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":184,"original_height":184},30180,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F143572","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F143572\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,{"id":186,"source_url":187,"license_code":188,"credit_html":189,"title":190,"description":191,"author":192,"original_width":193,"original_height":194},15821,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030028","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030028\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-20130.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFej%C3%A9r_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fejér County\">Fejér County\u003C\u002Fa>, Hungary (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1983.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Very uncommon on the market, this is a very large and fine crystal of the unique,organic-based mineral mellite, most of which come from Hungary . This one has textbook form and fine luster. There is contact on one tip and on the back, but a really good display face. You just do not see these for sale often! 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",400,368,{"id":196,"source_url":197,"license_code":188,"credit_html":198,"title":199,"description":200,"author":192,"original_width":193,"original_height":201},15822,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140460","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140460\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-121121.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFej%C3%A9r_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fejér County\">Fejér County\u003C\u002Fa>, Hungary (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1983.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.9 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A large, sharp, partially transparent, chocolate-brown mellite crystal. VERY UNCOMMON on the market, this is a very large and fine crystal of the unique, organic-based mineral mellite, most of which come from Hungary. This one has textbook tetragonal form and fine lustre.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",334,{"id":203,"source_url":204,"license_code":188,"credit_html":205,"title":206,"description":207,"author":192,"original_width":208,"original_height":209},15823,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151671","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151671\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-177554.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFej%C3%A9r_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fejér County\">Fejér County\u003C\u002Fa>, Hungary (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1983.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.4 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Mellite is actually an organic compound, a bizarre species indeed. It is an Aluminum mellitate (benzene hexacarboxylate) hydrate, a rare secondary mineral in lignite deposits. This is a fine example.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",582,800,{"id":211,"source_url":212,"license_code":188,"credit_html":213,"title":214,"description":215,"author":192,"original_width":216,"original_height":209},15824,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151675","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151675\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-177555.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFej%C3%A9r_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fejér County\">Fejér County\u003C\u002Fa>, Hungary (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1983.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.7 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Mellite is actually an organic compound, a bizarre species indeed. It is an Aluminium mellitate (benzene hexacarboxylate) hydrate, a rare secondary mineral in lignite deposits. This is a fine example.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",788,{"id":218,"source_url":219,"license_code":188,"credit_html":220,"title":221,"description":222,"author":192,"original_width":223,"original_height":224},15825,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165634","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165634\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-242353.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Luschitz, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FB%C3%ADlina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bílina\">Bílina (Bilin)\u003C\u002Fa>, Ústí Region, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBohemia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bohemia\">Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)\u003C\u002Fa>, Czech Republic (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-159579.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Mellite is a rare organic compound (aluminum mellitate {benzene hexacarboxylate} hydrate) that is only found in a handful of world localities. Typically, Mellite is found in brown or gray crystals, and to find a sharp, lustrous, yellow crystal like this is certainly rare. The crystal itself is superb quality, and complete on all sides. There are actually some small areas on this crystal that are gem quality. The piece comes from the Rich Kosnar Collection (specimen #512), and comes with one of Rich's signature hand-written collection labels.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",489,432,{"id":226,"source_url":227,"license_code":188,"credit_html":228,"title":229,"description":230,"author":192,"original_width":193,"original_height":231},15826,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460931","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460931\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-rare08-2-69d.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFej%C3%A9r_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fejér County\">Fejér County\u003C\u002Fa>, Hungary (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1983.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Mellite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Mellite is actually an ORGANIC COMPOUND, a bizarre species indeed! It is an Aluminium mellitate (benzene hexacarboxylate) hydrate, a rare secondary mineral in lignite deposits. Crystals of this quality are seldom seen and I think exclusively come from this small mine. My understanding (though I have no proof of this) is that most were mined prior to WWII and few have been found since. These particular specimens feature extremely sharp faces and are quite displayable (which is unusual - often they are broken or included too heavily by matrix).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",359,{"id":233,"source_url":234,"license_code":188,"credit_html":235,"title":236,"description":237,"author":192,"original_width":238,"original_height":239},66862,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166842","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166842\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-249216.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTula\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tula\">Tula\u003C\u002Fa>, Tul'skaya Oblast', North-Western Region, Russia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-17869.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Mellite is a rare aluminum organic compound found in a few lignite coal deposits worldwide. This is a translucent, wax-yellow, well-formed, tetragonal crystal with sharp beveled edges. This highly representative, seldom available rarity is from the Carl Davis Collection and Tula, Russia. NOTE: This is not from the more common mellite lcoality in Europe, which has produced more specimens for the market. This is much rarer.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",585,600,{"id":241,"source_url":242,"license_code":172,"credit_html":243,"title":244,"description":245,"author":246,"original_width":247,"original_height":248},15827,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=87622430","Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=87622430\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite Csordakúti MNHN Minéralogie.jpg","Mellite from Csordakúti, Fejér, Hungary. Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology of the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris.","Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart",5000,4000,{"id":250,"source_url":251,"license_code":188,"credit_html":252,"title":253,"description":230,"author":192,"original_width":193,"original_height":254},66863,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460928","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460928\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-rare08-2-69c.jpg",320,{"id":256,"source_url":257,"license_code":188,"credit_html":258,"title":259,"description":230,"author":192,"original_width":208,"original_height":209},66864,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460932","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460932\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-rare08-2-69a.jpg",{"id":261,"source_url":262,"license_code":188,"credit_html":263,"title":264,"description":265,"author":192,"original_width":193,"original_height":266},66865,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460949","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460949\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-rare08-2-73b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Cxzordakut, Tatabanya, Hungary\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.7 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Mellite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Mellite is actually an ORGANIC COMPOUND, a bizarre species indeed! It is an Aluminium mellitate (benzene hexacarboxylate) hydrate, a rare secondary mineral in lignite deposits. Crystals of this quality are seldom seen and I think exclusively come from this small mine. My understanding (though I have no proof of this) is that most were mined prior to WWII and few have been found since. These particular specimens feature extremely sharp faces and are quite displayable (which is unusual - often they are broken or included too heavily by matrix).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",385,{"id":268,"source_url":269,"license_code":188,"credit_html":270,"title":271,"description":265,"author":192,"original_width":216,"original_height":209},66866,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460951","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460951\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mellite-rare08-2-73a.jpg",{"id":273,"source_url":274,"license_code":182,"credit_html":275,"title":276,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":279,"original_height":108},66867,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303852","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303852\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 Lamiot2.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mellite\">Mellite\u003C\u002Fa> from England.","user:Lamiot",3013,{"id":281,"source_url":282,"license_code":182,"credit_html":283,"title":284,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":285,"original_height":286},66868,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303853","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303853\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 Lamiot bloc.jpg",2676,3306,{"id":288,"source_url":289,"license_code":182,"credit_html":290,"title":291,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":292,"original_height":293},66869,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303854","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303854\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 Lamiot.jpg",4112,2211,{"id":295,"source_url":296,"license_code":182,"credit_html":297,"title":298,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":299,"original_height":300},66870,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303856","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303856\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 Lamiot3.jpg",1194,823,{"id":302,"source_url":303,"license_code":182,"credit_html":304,"title":305,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":306,"original_height":307},66871,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303858","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303858\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 Lamiot7.jpg",6000,3749,{"id":309,"source_url":310,"license_code":182,"credit_html":311,"title":312,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":306,"original_height":313},66872,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303859","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303859\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 Lamiota6.jpg",3488,{"id":315,"source_url":316,"license_code":182,"credit_html":317,"title":318,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":319,"original_height":248},66873,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303860","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303860\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 LamiotBloc2.jpg",4078,{"id":321,"source_url":322,"license_code":182,"credit_html":323,"title":324,"description":277,"author":278,"original_width":248,"original_height":306},66874,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303861","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50303861\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","MelliteAngleterre Saint-Sevan RefMGL35555 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLilleGLAM2016 LamiotBloc.jpg",[326],{"id":327,"url":328,"label":329,"formula":330,"spacegroup":331,"year":161},8659,"\u002Fcif\u002F8659.cif","Robl 1991","Al C6 O14 H16","I 41\u002Fa c d",[333,334,335,336,337,338,339,340],"Honey-stone","Honigstein","Honigsteinsäure","Melilithus","Mellilite (of Kirwan)","Pierre de miel","Succin transparent en cristaux octaèdres","Xylocryptite",[342,347,351,355,359,363,367,371,376,379,385,391,395,399,403,406,411,415],{"lang":343,"names":344},"ar",[345,346],"ميليت","ميليت 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