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Cascandite & Bavenite

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Cascandite & Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

some colourless or light pink tufts of lamellar cascandite crystals with white bavenite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cascandite

Formula: 
Ca(Sc,Fe3+)(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.07
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Giacomini quarry (Diverio quarry), Agrano, Omegna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Bavenite

Formula: 
Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy