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Steropesite

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Steropesite

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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: 
0.25 × 0.15 × 0.2 cm
Description

Small aggregate hosting a group of steropesite on matrix. Campostrini specimen and confirmation. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steropesite

Formula: 
Tl3BiCl6
Strunz: 
3.CK.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy