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Periclase

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

some green, rounded crystals on matrix (var. ferro-periclase)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Periclase

Formula: 
MgO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy