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Anorthite

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Anorthite

Former stock Bruno Cerato
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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Two chunky anorthite crystals perfectly contrast on the dark lava matrix. The main anorthite is a textbook blocky crystal, partially transparent for most of its extent. The other one is rather crude and not as perfectly defined. Both display very good lustre.

Possibly the gemmiest anorthite I have ever handled from the Somma-Vesuvius complex!

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anorthite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si2O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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