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Clintonite & Fassaite

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Clintonite & Fassaite

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Description
Locality: 
Lago della Vacca, Cornone di Blumone, Breno, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Fine sample of Clintonite (formerly known as Xanthophyllite), in sharp hexagonal crystals, from a classic italian locale, where is now extremely difficult to find specimens like this.
This specimen comes from the personal collection of the collector who found the locality in mid 60's.
Nice association with green Fassaite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clintonite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Clintonite type locality, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA

Fassaite

Variety Of: 

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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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.