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Vesuvianite

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SPH177025

Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Rotkopf, Zemmgrund, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6.3 × 5.6 cm
Description

Not much to say, this is a wonderful specimen. Color and luster are just perfect on this strikingly aesthetic piece of vesuvianite on matrix. Fantastic in person!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
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