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Liottite & Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Montenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Nice liottite and melanite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liottite

Formula: 
(Na,K)16Ca8(Al6Si6O24)3(SO4)5Cl4
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black