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Monticellite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 0.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.15cm
Description

Fraction of a lime xenolith with yellow crystals of monticellite. Due to black inclousions the crystal apper darker.

Mineral Data
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Monticellite

Formula: 
CaMgSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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