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Piemontite

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Piemontite

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Description
Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Nice piemontite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy