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Prase & Hedenbergite

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Prase & Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Tall crystals of quartz var prasem placed in a cavern in hedenbergite which builds the matrix. Hedenbergite shows radial growth. Paragenesis is round up by limonite psm pyrite.

Prasem is very very rara on Elba Island. This piece derives from an old find in the early 1960s and is EXCELLENT for this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
minhunter

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