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Lafossaite

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Lafossaite

rare mineral from the Type Locality
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

many good rounded colourless crystals of the rare lafossaite on the matrix from the type locality: a good and rich specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lafossaite

Formula: 
Tl(Cl,Br)
Strunz: 
3.AA.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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