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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

Former collection Lehmann (CH)
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Description
Locality: 
Gava Valley, Voltri, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Elegant rodingite miniature hosting a druzy of over a dozen prismatic crystals of very lustrous vesuvianite of olive green to slight red color. The lustre of the vesuvianite is striking and the crystals are mostly gemmy.

Pretty rare to see a Ligurian vesuvianite of such clarity and quality, and this is why it had remained in my collection until now.

The locality reported on the label is ''Gruppo di Voltri', and I believe the matrix is most certainly from the famous Rocca della Biscia.
This specimen is dated to the late 80s, the golden age for Italian rodingite collectors. With some minimal trimming, it can be downsized to a beautiful small cabinet specimen. 

Former collection Lehmann (CH), and of course mine.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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