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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Fushan Mine, She County, Handan, Hebei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 7.3 × 4.1 cm
Description

Large, flattened vesuvianite crystal from China. This is a starnge shaped crystal, where the prism faces are completely missing. The crystal has green-brown colour with good luster and it is incomplete at one side.

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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
Loranth Minerals

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