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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Locality: 
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm
Description

An elegant cluster of deep wine-red vesuvianite from a famed locality Alchuri village.

In combination there is calcite at back and clinochlore in front of the vesuvianite.

An attractive nice perfect specimen.

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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