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Humite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Several very well crystallized gemmy humite crystlas, perched in  protected vugs of matrix, from this important locality!

Very good specimen from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Humite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy