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Bustamite With Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7 × 3 cm
Weight: 
128.00gr
Description

Crystalline masses of yellowish-brown bustamite are frozen in fine-grained, dark grey sphalerite.

This is a specimen for real history lovers: It comes with an unique antique label of an unknown collection dated to 1815-1866.
In 20 years of research, it was the only one of its kind!

The label means: 'Bustamit - vom Berge Civillina bei Vicenza im lombardisch-venezianischen Königreich.' (Bustamite - from Mount Civillina near Vicenza in the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom.)

The Lombardy-Venetia Kingdom (Italian: Regno Lombardo-Veneto) was an important part of the Austrian Empire in northern Italy. It was created on April 7, 1815, as a result of the Congress of Vienna. It covered large parts of northern Italy between the Alps in the north and the Po River in the south, from the border with Piedmont in the west to Trieste and Istria in the east. The kingdom was lost in the wars of the Risorgimento (Italian independence movement): 
1859: After Austria's defeat in the Battle of Solferino, Lombardy (except Mantua) had to be ceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont in the Peace of Villafranca.
1866: As a result of the Third Italian War of Independence, Austria also lost Veneto to the newly founded Kingdom of Italy. This marked the end of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bustamite

Formula: 
CaMn2+(Si2O6)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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Germany 5 kg trackable&insured
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EU countries 2 kg trackable&insured
14.50
Switzerland/UK 2 kg trackable&insured
19.50
Rest of Europe 2 kg trackable&insured
22.50
America 2 kg trackable&insured
26.50
Australia 2 kg trackable&insured
27.50

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