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Vonsenite & Quartz

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Vonsenite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Fraction of an volcanic ejection block with vug lined with quartz & vonsenite. Collected in 1983.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vonsenite

Formula: 
Fe2+2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Old City Quarry (City Quarry), North Hill, Fairmont Park, Riverside, Riverside Co., California, USA

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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