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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Rich, brownish, highly lustrous, striated vesuvianite crystals up to 7 mm tall on matrix from San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Italy. An exceptionally nice specimen with rather large crystals. 

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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