Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Piemontite

Views:
Watches:
FRR775404

Piemontite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Piemontite in distinct prismatic crystals (which is quite uncommon for this mineral), in a vug inside a matrix of massive braunite and quartz.
Type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

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.