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Vesuvianite

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CR30984

Vesuvianite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Pfitsch Pass, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 12 × 4.5 cm
Description

This is a very old specimen (collected before 1900) with gemmy brown vesuvianite crystals very rich on matrix.

Beautiful !

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