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Magnesiostaurolite & Ellenbergerite

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Description
Locality: 
Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Fine specimen with a well-formed yellow magnesiostaurolite crystal aggregate in matrix. In association with purple ellenbergerite (type locality).

Magnesiostaurolite is only known from a few localities worldwide. Rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesiostaurolite

Formula: 
(Mg,Li,Fe2+)1.5-2Al9(SiO4)4O6(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Ellenbergerite

Formula: 
Mg6(Mg,Ti,Zr,◻)2(Al,Mg)6Si8O28(OH)10
Strunz: 
9.AF.80
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Case Parigi (Case Paris), Martiniana Po, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

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Germany (insured parcel) < 3 kg: 6 $
$6
Germany (insured parcel) > 3 kg - 10 kg: 9.50 $
$9.50
Worldwide, tracked < 1 kg: 9.50 $
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Worldwide, tracked > 1 kg up to 2 kg: 28 $
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European Union, tracked > 1 kg up to 2 kg: 18 $
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