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Vesuvianite

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MCH514619

Vesuvianite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Eg, Kristiansand, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6.1 × 3.2 cm
Description

Some very good, high lustrous, striated, olive-green coloured crystals of vesuvianite embedded in massive vesuvianite with some scapolite and calcite. From a very old collection (see labels).

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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