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Marialite

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Description
Locality: 
Carlés Mine, Carlés, Salas, Asturias, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Very nice group white marialite crystals on andradite matrix found in the area of skarn of the gold mine of Carlés. The specimens are embedded in calcite veins, which are attacked with hydrochloric acid to expose the mineralization.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marialite

Formula: 
Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Pianura, Phlegrean Fields, Naples Province, Phlegrean Volcanic complex, Campania, Italy

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