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Vesuvianite Var Cyprine

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Vesuvianite Var Cyprine

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Locality: 
Valle, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Quartz matrix with inclusions of blue vesuvianite var cyprine from a rare Norwegian locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Cyprine

Variety Of: 

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway

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