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Vonsenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

Black acicular crystals of the rare borate mineral vonsenite from the famous La Fossa Crater in Italy.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vonsenite

Formula: 
Fe2+2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Old City Quarry (City Quarry), North Hill, Fairmont Park, Riverside, Riverside Co., California, USA

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