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Sassolite

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Sassolite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Colourless flaky sassolite on matrix from Sicily.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sassolite

Formula: 
H3BO3
Strunz: 
6.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy