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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4 × 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A nice sample of vesuvianite from the Type Locality with highly lustrous brown crystals up to 1.5 cm on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Cartils Minerals

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