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Chromium Vesuvianite

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Chromium Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Kimmeria, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 9 × 2.5 cm
Description

Intense green intergrown crystals of chromian vesuvianite from the only locality in Greece for this vesuvianite variety.Nice glassy luster and display with big for the locality crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromium

Formula: 
Cr
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Anduo Cr deposit, Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet Autonomous Region, China

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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