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Barberiite

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Barberiite

Rare Mineral from Type Locality
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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Exceptional sample collected in 2016 and analyzed in 2019 shows many beautiful colorless, glassy, well formed (sometimes pale yellow) crystals. The barberiite is a very rare species found very rarely in the type locality and rarely found so rich of sharp crystals. Very very good specimen!

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barberiite

Formula: 
(NH4)[BF4]
Strunz: 
3.CA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Barberiite

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