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Campostriniite

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Campostriniite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 1.1 cm
Description

A very rarity: this is one of the only five specimens known of campostriniite; many tiny white/colourless needles on matrix  

specimen from personal collection Luigi Chiappino

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Campostriniite

Formula: 
(Bi,Na)3(Na,K)4(SO4)6·H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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