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Magnesite Var Breunnerite

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Magnesite Var Breunnerite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Vizze Pass, San Giacomo, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
197.00gr
Description

Very nice Magnesite (var Breunnerite) crystals up to 10 mm from the type locality (Vizze Pass), rhombohedral well formed and isolated within a talcum-shale matrix. A couple of crystals are reallocated with methyl cyanoacrylate glue, in the original position.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece

Breunnerite

Variety Of: 

Ferroan Magnesite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0
Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0