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Vesuvianite

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MGR767120

Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Highly lustrous, dark red brown crystals of vesuvianite attractively set on matrix. The crystals are all razor sharp terminated and show the very best luster - on all end-points you can see a thin snowy white zoning. Really a very eye-catching piece in finest quality.

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