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Meionite

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Meionite

Former stock Bruno Cerato
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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 6 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

A rich drusy of meionite crystals on an altered limestone. Several dozens crystals populate the drusy. Meionite forms thick elongated prisms of pale grey color, with good lustre for the specie.
Very rich and in great conditions, provided some minor peripheral contacts. Quite rare mineral, its type locality is the Somma-Vesuvius complex.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meionite

Formula: 
Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Strunz: 
9.FB.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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