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Alumovesuvianite

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Alumovesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Diakon Commune, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Apple-green highly lustery transparent 5mm crystals. Very rich as an outer "covering" around a core of a brown prismatic Vesuvianite crystal. Newly examined nice specimen from a new discovery in 2022.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alumovesuvianite

Formula: 
Ca19AlAl4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Group Parent: 
Vesuvianite Group
Strunz: 
9.BG.
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
Colour: 
Colourless
Type Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada