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Pezzottaite & Chiavennite

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Pezzottaite & Chiavennite

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Description
Locality: 
Sakavalana, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

rich and beautiful specimen with some fantastic pink crystals of pezzottaite on/in massive intense orange chiavennite.

c. 1098

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pezzottaite

Formula: 
Cs(Be2Li)Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.60
Hardness: 
8.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar...

Chiavennite

Formula: 
CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GF.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Tanno, Chiavenna, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

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