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Tremolite & Piemontite

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Tremolite & Piemontite

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Description
Locality: 
Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Cluster consisting of white fibrous, silky tremolite crystals tightly intertwined with dark reddish piemontite crystals from Prabornaz mine, which is the type locality for piemontite. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tremolite

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland

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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