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Datolite

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Description
Locality: 
Futa Pass Area, Firenzuola, Florence Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Superb aggregate of transparent-white datolite crystals covering completely the big matrix piece. The lustre is very intense, almost adamantine, that makes quality photographs very hard to obtain.

Acquired in 1997, it is an Ex. J.Muizebelt specimen.

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

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