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Balangeroite

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Balangeroite

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Locality: 
Poggio San Vittore Mine, Balangero, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Some bundles of golden-brown crystals and others fragments of balangeroite into a glass vial heigt cm. 3.0  x 1.5 of diameter. Balangeroite is an amphibole reported only in the type locality. The size reported are of the longer bundle, these of the first photo are 2 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Balangeroite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Mn2+)42Si16O54(OH)40
Strunz: 
9.DH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthrhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Poggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

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