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Monticellite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.32cm
Description

Small fraction of a lime-xenolith with a crystal of monticellite showing crystal faces. Part of an analyzed sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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