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Vesuvianite

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Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Hamrefjell, Hamre, Øvre Eiker, Viken, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.9 × 6.7 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Weight: 
251.00gr
Description

Lustrous and well-exposed glassy, olive green coloured crystals of vesuvianite in an skarn rock from a classic Norwegian area around the Eikeren lake.

Acquired in 1982, by Dr Gerard Vogel, with his characteristic vitrine label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

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