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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Dannemora, Östhammar, Uppsala County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
38.00gr
Description

Choice specimen laden with lustrous dark green vesuvianite crystals. They make an excellent color contrast with the white calcite, thus providing some good photogeny.

Good quality for this Swedish specimen.

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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