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Microsommite

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Microsommite

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Locality: 
Vitiello Quarry, Terzigno, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.9 cm
Description

specimen with many very good white/colourless exagonal prism of microsommite on matrix.

For value the dimension of the crystals I remenber you that the photos of my specimens are taken at only 20/40 enlargement!

Mineral Data
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Microsommite

Formula: 
Na4K2Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Cupa dell'Olivella, Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy...

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