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Fluoro-edenite & Hematite

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Fluoro-edenite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4 × 1 cm
Description

A piece with yellow transparent fluoroedenite needles, up to 3mm long, and haematite crystals, up to 2mm.

Some of the haematite crystals are hollow and fluoro-edenite pierces the haematite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluoro-edenite

Formula: 
{Na}{Ca2}{Mg5}(AlSi7O22)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
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