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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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: 
4.6 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
78.00gr
Description

Elegant miniature consisting of a rich drusy of olive green vesuvianite crystals decorating an entire face of rodingite matrix. Vesuvianite crystals are flathead and very lustrous and display one of the top qualities available for the area, with excellent lustre and some prominent local gemminess.

Crystals are subparallel, making this specimen quite appealing for mineral photography.

Very good quality. 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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