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Forsterite With Sodalite & Pleonaste

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Description
Locality: 
Somma-Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
46.00gr
Description

Rich miniature featuring olive green forsterite associated to white sodalite and crude dark spinel crystals.
From the Swiss collection Berthold Suhner, dated back to the 70s and featuring a handwritten label in German pasted on the specimen.

Pasted Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Pleonaste

Variety Of: 

Spinel

Formula: 
MgAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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