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Vesuvianite Diopside & Scheelite

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Vesuvianite Diopside & Scheelite

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Description
Locality: 
Horcajuelo de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

An interesting specimen with red-brown vesuvianite crystals associated with green-bottle diopside crystals and very minor scheelite from the skarn of this 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

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Scheelite

Formula: 
Ca(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna, Sweden
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