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Spinel

Ex G. Garbari, ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Lots of mm-sized, sharp, black spinel crystals on volcanic rock. Accompanied by white needles up to 7 mm of an unknown mineral.
Comes with an old label of the italian enterpriser and collector Guiseppe Garbari (1863-1937, Trento, Italy), probably from the time around 1890-1900.
Weight: 22 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spinel

Formula: 
MgAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0

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