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Hephaistosite

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Hephaistosite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

many nice yellow crystals of the very rare hephaistosite on the matrix from the type locality (only one locality known).
the hephaistosite is the Tl analogue of challacolloite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hephaistosite

Formula: 
TlPb2Cl5
Strunz: 
3.AA.60
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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