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Byssolite & Albite

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Byssolite & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.2 × 4 cm
Description

Bright green fibrous needles are aesthetically set over a bed of white albite crystals. From a not much known locale in the italian Alps, which produced specimens at the same level of quality of the most famous Mont Blanc ones, like in this case.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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Seller's terms and conditions

The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.