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Pitiglianoite & Peprossiite-(Ce)

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Pitiglianoite & Peprossiite-(Ce)

William Henderson collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cavalluccio, Sacrofano, Rome Province, Lazio, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

A small matrix piece with small sprays and single prisms of pitiglianoite with a very tiny single crystal of peprossiite-Ce.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pitiglianoite

Formula: 
Na6K2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Peprossiite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(Al3O)2/3B4O10
Strunz: 
6.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

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