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Canavesite

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Canavesite

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Description
Locality: 
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

Rich miniature with hundreds of candid white canavesite needles nicely contrasting on the dark matrix. An Alpine classic, quite sought-after and increasingly scarce. 

I have not looked thoroughly, but in those specimens dypingite spheres are not unusual to spot too.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Canavesite

Formula: 
Mg2(HBO3)(CO3)·5H2O
Strunz: 
6.H0.50
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

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