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Leucite

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CR192618

Leucite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Sharp leucite crystals in matrix from a very old collection with two fantastic old labels.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leucite

Formula: 
K(AlSi2O6)
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy