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Lime

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Outstanding white crystals of the rare mineral lime from the type locality in Italy.

Eventhough lime has a very simple formula (CaO) it is a very rare mineral worldwide and very rarely seen in the mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lime

Formula: 
CaO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White

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