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Humite

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

specimen with some beautiful orange perfect clear crystals of humite on matrix.

c. 2116

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Humite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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