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Fianelite

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Fianelite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Fianel, Ausserferrera, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

A very good sample of this very rare mineral, found here, in its type locality, in the world this specie is reported in only one other locality, in Japan. It is present here in a carpet of single small deep-red color crystals, scattered on the matrix, very hard to find so. 

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Fianelite

Formula: 
Mn2+2((V,As)2O7)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Fianel Mine, Ausserferrera, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

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