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Piemontite

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Piemontite

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Description
Locality: 
Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm
Description

rich specimen with many very good dark red crystals of piemontite on matrix.

c. 3395

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

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