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Clintonite & Augite Var Fassaite

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Clintonite & Augite Var Fassaite

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Description
Locality: 
Lago della Vacca, Cornone di Blumone, Breno, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 4.3 cm
Description

Clintonite and fassaite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clintonite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Clintonite type locality, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Fassaite

Variety Of: 

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0