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Vigezzite

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Vigezzite

Rare Mineral
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Small but well formed crystals of this very rare mineral found only in a few localities worlwide. The mineral is a calcium cerium niobium oxide. From the type locality, of course.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vigezzite

Formula: 
(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ti)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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