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Barberiite

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Barberiite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

a cluster of tiny, colourless crystals of barberiite from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barberiite

Formula: 
(NH4)[BF4]
Strunz: 
3.CA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy