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Poppiite

Rare mineral from the type locality

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Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

specimen with some very good (the best quality known) tufts of green needless of the very rare poppiite fron the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Poppiite

Formula: 
Ca2(V3+,Fe3+,Mg)(V3+,Al)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Valgraveglia Mine (Gambatesa Mine), Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

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