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Barberiite

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Barberiite

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Description
Locality: 
Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample of rare crystals of barberiite on matrix from the type locality. A very good sample of this very rare NH4 species. The mineral is also actively sublimating inside the box and recrystallizing on the sides of the box! You will never run out of this rare mineral! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barberiite

Formula: 
(NH4)[BF4]
Strunz: 
3.CA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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