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Vesuvianite With Clinochlore

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Vesuvianite With Clinochlore

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
54.00gr
Description

Elegant miniature plate consisting of a rodingite drusy fully lined with flathead gemmy vesuvianite crystals associated to nicely crystallized clinochlore. Vesuvianite displays one of the top qualities available for the area, with side faces, and the gemminess is really good as well.
This specimen is quite appealing for mineral photography.

Very good quality. In my collection since a few years, 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

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

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