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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.3 × 3.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Rich, green, lustrous, prismatic vesuvianite crystals up to 4mm across on matrix from the famous Italian locality Bellecombe, Aosta Valley. The vesuvianite crystals are associated with the silvery platy clinochlore crystals up to 2 mm across. A nice specimen of the chromium-rich vesuvianite variety.

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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