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Lafossaite

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Lafossaite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS analysed Lafossaite with bismoclite on matrix. 

Reference:

ROBERTS, A.C., VENANCE, K.E., SEWARD, T.M., GRICE J.D., PAAR, W.H. (2006): Lafossaite a new mineral from the La Fossa Crater, Vulcano, Italy. - Mineralogical Record - 37, 165-168.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lafossaite

Formula: 
Tl(Cl,Br)
Strunz: 
3.AA.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy