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Fassaite

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Fassaite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Toal de la Foia, Moena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A classic sample of fassaite from the type locality. Comes with an antique handwritten label of Dipl. Ing. W. Maucher.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fassaite

Variety Of: 

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0