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Meionite

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Meionite

Type Locality
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.3 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Several large meionite crystals on matrix from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meionite

Formula: 
Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Strunz: 
9.FB.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy