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Monticellite In Traversellite

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Monticellite In Traversellite

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Description
Locality: 
Toal del Rizoni, Monzoni Mountains, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 5.7 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of brown monticellite crystals in massive green traversellite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monticellite

Formula: 
CaMgSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Traversellite

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0

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