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Russoite

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Russoite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bocca Grande Fumarole, Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

The colorless, tabular-hexagonal crystals, clearly visible and perceptible even to the naked eye, cover the exterior and part of the interior of a cavity of the fumarolic matrix, another beautiful group is above the cavity.
Incredibly rich specimen of the extremely rare mineral russoite. 
Russoite is exclusive of its type locality in which it was rarely found, it is now impossible to access the locality.

 Analysis and material of authors. 

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Mineral Data
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Russoite

Formula: 
(NH4)ClAs2O3(H2O)0.5
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
Bocca Grande Fumarole, Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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