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Alurgite & Violan

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Alurgite & Violan

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Description
Locality: 
Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Red Muscovite var alurgite and purple diopsid var violan on quartz matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alurgite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K2(Mg,Al)4-5(Al,Si)8O20(OH)4
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

Violan

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Hardness: 
6.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

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