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Leucite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 5.2 × 3 cm
Weight: 
43.00gr
Description

From the type locality, ivory white well-formed leucite crystals in a volcanic rock matrix. Uncommon locality for this species nowadays.

Acquired in 1975 to Stenelux by Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015), #2207.

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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

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