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Thermessaite-(NH4)

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Thermessaite-(NH4)

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Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

The type locality of thermessaite-(NH4), La Fossa Crater, is the only place in the world where, even if very rarely, it has been found because, in the other only known locality its formation is of anthropogenic nature. Nice colorless, glassy crystals are spread in more areas of the matrix, very rich and extremely rare specimen!

 

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Thermessaite-(NH4)

Formula: 
(NH4)2(AlF3)(SO4)
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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