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Leucite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

A good single grey-white leucite crystal from the type locality.

Old specimen from the 19th century.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leucite

Formula: 
K(AlSi2O6)
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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