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Tuscanite

Rare Mineral
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sacrofano Caldera, Roma Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm
Description

A relatively large specimen with several vugs, lined with numerous acicular crystals of  pale brown, rare Tuscanite. Conventionally such large specimens with rare minerals get chopped up. But in this case we offer a specimen in almost cabinet size.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuscanite

Formula: 
(K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22[SO4,CO3,(OH)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.EG.45
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Wendel Minerals

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