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Lavoisierite & Piemontite

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Lavoisierite & Piemontite

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Description
Locality: 
Punta Gensane, Viù Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Golden crystals of lavoisierite from the type locality, mixed with red piemontite, thickly intertwined on the matrix. Good.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lavoisierite

Formula: 
Mn2+8[Al10(Mn3+Mg)][Si11P]O44(OH)12
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Punta Gensane, Viù, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

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