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Monticellite

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Monticellite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Cluster  ( ~2 mm) of pale yellow crystals of monticellite with some black inclousions in a part of a lime xenolith. Good crystals of the species. Covering matrix partially removed with acetic acid.

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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