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Datolite

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Datolite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Siusi Alp, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

A fine historic example of transparent to translucent, colorless Datolite up to 1.1 cm from Seiser Alp. Comes with antique late 19th to early 20th century handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway