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Periclase

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

some green crystals of periclase from its type loclity

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