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Cuspidine & Titanite

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Cuspidine & Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Montenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

A perfect pointy white crystal of cuspidine, with perfect glassy, sharp titanite crystals, of cognac color. Nice.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuspidine

Formula: 
Ca4(Si2O7)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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