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Thermessaite

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Thermessaite

very rare mineral from the type locality

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Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

specimen with some cavity covered by colourless tiny crystals of the rare thermessaite from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thermessaite

Formula: 
K2(AlF3)(SO4)
Strunz: 
3.CG.25
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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