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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Weight: 
11.00gr
Description

Elegant miniature hosting a flathead gemmy vesuvianite crystal. Vesuvianite displays partial gemminess and a very lustrous surface. 

Great quality for the locality, with a partial natural fissure - apparently stable - at the base of the crystal.

Specimens like these are true oldtimers, as the locale is off-limits to collectors.

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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