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Liottite & Schorlomite

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Liottite & Schorlomite

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Description
Locality: 
Montenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Colourless crystals of Liottite and nice black Schorlomites are sitting on Basalt.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liottite

Formula: 
(Na,K)16Ca8(Al6Si6O24)3(SO4)5Cl4
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Schorlomite

Formula: 
Ca3(Ti,Fe3+)2((Si,Fe3+)O4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA

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