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Vesuvianite

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed sample no 2019-03-23

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

Greenish to bluish and partly also brownish vesuvianite impregnated in dolomite. This specimen was SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed and has the ID no 2019-03-23, analysis attached. 

 

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Vesuvianite
Analysis Report - only: Vesuvianite