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Chlorothionite & Halite

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Chlorothionite & Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Vesuvius Fumaroles, Mount Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Bluish green crystal aggregates of the rare K-Cu-Cl mineral chlorothionite from the TL in Vesuvius and only one of the two known localities worldwide and associated to nice cubic halite crystals.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chlorothionite

Formula: 
K2Cu(SO4)Cl2
Strunz: 
7.BC.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Halite

Formula: 
NaCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

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