Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Nephiline ((Na,K)AlSiO4) 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. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.