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Vesuvianite & Nepheline

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Vesuvianite & Nepheline

Ex Dr F Krantz (Bonn Germany), ex Garbari?
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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 2.7 cm
Description

A nice classic from the Vesuv mt. with deep greenish-brown prismatic vesuvianite crystals in a matrix of whiteish nepheline (?), with an old pen and ink label from an italian collector. Comes from the Garbari stock at Krantz, Bonn, definitely 19th century.

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

Nepheline

Formula: 
(Na,K)AlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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Best regards Roger