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Thermessaite

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Thermessaite

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Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

This is a Type Locality specimen of potassium-aluminofluoride mineral thermessaite. It forms colourless to white elongated crystals. Thermessaite has only two world localities so fairly rare species.

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Thermessaite

Formula: 
K2(AlF3)(SO4)
Strunz: 
3.CG.25
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Loranth Minerals

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