Abstract
Rhönite has been found as a primary phase in six Mesozoic basanites from Scania. X-ray diffraction results are in accordance with the pseudomonoclinic cell parameters presented by K. Walenta in 1969 (Zur Kristallographie des Rhönits. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 130, 214–230). Chemical data for the Scanian rhönites are compared with other rhönites described in the literature. It is shown that in terrestrial rhönites the following substitutions occur, NaSiCaAI, Fe2+SiFe3+Al and FeMg. The relationship between rhönite and aenigmatite is discussed.