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Artinite

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Artinite

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Description
Locality: 
Roccamurata, Borgo Val di Taro, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 9.2 × 6.4 cm
Weight: 
303.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Roccamurata with a myriad of acicular snow white artinite crystals reunited in aesthetic balls present in all sides of the piece, 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artinite

Formula: 
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries), Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

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