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Melanophlogite

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Melanophlogite

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Description
Locality: 
Gibellina Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Beautiful orange brown melanophlogite crystals on native sulphur.

Collected in 1870

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanophlogite

Formula: 
46SiO2·6(N2,CO2)·2(CH4,N2)
Strunz: 
4.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Giona Mine, Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy