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Vesuvianite & Hessonite

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Vesuvianite & Hessonite

ex collection Alex Franz
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Description
Locality: 
Canzoccoli Quarry, Predazzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4.4 cm
Description

Dark greenish brown vesuvianite crystals and orange-brown hessonite on white matrix.

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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