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Balangeroite

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Balangeroite

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Description
Locality: 
Poggio San Vittore Mine, Balangero, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

Fibrous brown crystals of balangeroite up to 3.5 cm on a small amount of matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Balangeroite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Mn2+)42Si16O54(OH)40
Strunz: 
9.DH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthrhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Poggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Cartils Minerals

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