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Sacrofanite

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Description
Locality: 
Sacrofano Caldera, Roma Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

specimen with some colorless complex crystals of the extremely rare sacrofanite on matrix from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sacrofanite

Formula: 
(Na,K)98Ca20(Al6Si6O24)14(SO4)26Cl2·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Biachella Valley, Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

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