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Sodalite

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Sodalite

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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: 
4.6 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Rich, white, lustrous sodalite crystals up to 10 mm tall on matrix, associated with brown, lustrous, vesuvianite crystals up to 3 mm across from San Vito Quarry, Monte Somma, Italy. A nice and aesthetic mineral association from the type locality of vesuvianite. 

Mineral Data
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Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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