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Vonsenite

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Vonsenite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Opened fissure with black needle like vonsenite crystals. Some tiny quartz crystals are also present. Collected in 1983.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vonsenite

Formula: 
Fe2+2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Old City Quarry (City Quarry), North Hill, Fairmont Park, Riverside, Riverside Co., California, USA

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