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Canavesite Dypingite & Ludwigite

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Canavesite Dypingite & Ludwigite

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Description
Locality: 
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very rich ludwigite sample almost completely covered by a lot of white needles of canavesite (TL). Somewhere some little balls of dypingite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Canavesite

Formula: 
Mg2(HBO3)(CO3)·5H2O
Strunz: 
6.H0.50
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

Dypingite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Ludwigite

Formula: 
Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

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