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Ferruccite

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Locality: 
Vesuvius Fumaroles, Mount Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.15 × 0.15 × 0.1 cm
Description

Outstanding pale yellow crystal group of the extremely rare Na borofluoride ferruccite from the TL in Mount Vesuvius, Italy.

Only one known locality worldwide !  

Please note that the anion fluoroborate (BF4-) is extremely rare since only 4 mineral species from 6034 mineral species known have the group BF4- (!) (source Mindat).

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

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Ferruccite

Formula: 
Na[BF4]
Strunz: 
3.CA.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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