Nephiline
Nephiline ((Na,K)AlSiO
4) is a mineral found almost exclusively in the
zinc deposits at
Franklin,
New Jersey, often in intimate mixture with franklinite and willemite. It has a relative hardness of 6.
The Nephilinae are a subfamily of spiders, the most conspicuous web-spinners in the tropics. The females are particularly colorful and large, and their orb webs can exceed a meter in diameter.