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Tuscanite

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Description
Locality: 
Sacrofano Caldera, Roma Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
18.00gr
Description

Nice crystals of white Tuscanite up to 3 mm with colorless "Cancrinite" cluster crystals up to 2 mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuscanite

Formula: 
(K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22[SO4,CO3,(OH)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.EG.45
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy