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Ilvaite

ex Hugo Francke, Dresden (GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.9 × 2 cm
Weight: 
62.00gr
Description

Old Hugo Francke specimen featuring blackish ilvaite (labeled with the old synonym lievrite) crystals on sprays of greenish actinolite (?, labeled as such, more likely hedenbergite) from the Isola d´Elba. No exact locality given (the 2 co-type localities are Rio Marina and Cape Calamita Mine).

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What's on the rock

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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