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Vaterite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

specimen with tiny colourless brilliant cristals of the rare vaterite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vaterite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ballycraigy, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

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