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Omphacite

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Omphacite

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Description
Locality: 
Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very nice, green, crystal groups of omphacite from what is perhaps the most famous and classic known locality.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Omphacite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Eclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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