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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: 
3.8 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Dark brown, lustrous, prismatic vesuvianite crystal 6mm across associated with very rich, white, lustrous sodalite crystals up to 7mm across on matrix  from San Vito Quarry, Monte Somma, Italy. Really nice 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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