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Thorite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Capranica, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Classic and rare micromount piece from the vico volcanic complex: a  perfect green thorite crystal, 0.8 mm long, on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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