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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Dosso degli Areti, Braone, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 3.9 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Brown crystals of vesuvianite showing good lustre from an uncommon locality.

The crystals of vesuvianite have prismatic habit, with pyramidal terminations.

Mineral Data
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

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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.