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Augite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
27.00gr
Description

Sharp and lustrous dark augite crystals populating a significant drusy in the classic Vesuvian metasomatic rock. Associated, some masses of what seems to be either nepheline or cancrinite group phase.
In good condition, this is definitely an oldtimer, as actually quarries are mostly shup or used as landfills.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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