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Clintonite & Humite

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Clintonite & Humite

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Description
Locality: 
Le Novelle Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2 × 2.6 cm
Description

Clintonite crystals with humite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clintonite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Clintonite type locality, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA

Humite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy