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Vesuvianite

ex Bergakademie Freiberg collection, pre 1850
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Description
Locality: 
Hazlov, Cheb, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.8 × 3.9 cm
Description

Old time example with in prat glassy lustrous greenishbriwnish crystals of vesuvianite assigned to Cheb (Eger) in Bohemia with a question mark. From the Bergakademie Freiberg. Comes with a typical box from the Carl Droop mineral dealership in Dresden-Plauen, Germany. Specimen pre 1850, the box and the plug label is from 1890-1910.

Mineral Data
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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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