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Tridymite

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Tridymite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 3 cm
Description

Hexagonal-tabular crystals (~1.5 mm) of tridymite, most multiple twinnded, lining a vug in a ejection block.  Collected 1983.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tridymite

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pedial
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cerro San Cristóbal, Mun. de Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

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