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Aravaipaite Calcioaravaipaite & Opal

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Aravaipaite Calcioaravaipaite & Opal

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Somma-Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.5 cm
Weight: 
2.00gr
Description

In this small sample there are rare and analyzed species: Aravaipaite in an aggregate of thin transparent and colorless leaf crystals, Calcioaravaipaite in small white hemispheres of leaf crystals, Opal in colorless structures. From the fumaroles of the Crater of Vesuvius formed after the eruption of 1944.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aravaipaite

Formula: 
Pb3F3[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.DC.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Calcioaravaipaite

Formula: 
PbCa2AlF9
Strunz: 
3.DC.37
Crystal System: 
Triclinic & Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Opal

Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White

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