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Vertumnite

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Vertumnite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fraction of a lime xenolith with a cavity rich coverd with rosettes of hexagonal-tabular vertumnite crrystals. Collected 2003. Very Good specimen for species and location.

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Vertumnite

Formula: 
Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.EG.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Campomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy

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