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Vesuvianite Hessonite & Clinochlore

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Vesuvianite Hessonite & Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Sterzinger Hütte, Burgum Alp, Vizze Valley, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

A sample of the multi-faceted paragenesis: hessonite on one side, vesuvian on the other, together with clinochlore and what could be epidot and possibly zircon (no guarantee).

Collected in 1983

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

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