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Steropesite

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Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Very small but very nice specimen of steropesite, a new exceptionally rare thallium mineral (IMA 2008-014) of formula Tl3BiCl6 from La Fossa Crater. Only known from this locality worldwide !
Very nice under the microscope!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steropesite

Formula: 
Tl3BiCl6
Strunz: 
3.CK.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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