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Vesuvianite from Valle Antrona, Piemonte, Italy

 
Vesuvianite from Valle Antrona, Piemonte, Italy

Vesuvianite from Valle Antrona, Piemonte, Italy

Vesuvianite from Valle Antrona, Piemonte, Italy

Vesuvianite from Valle Antrona, Piemonte, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 64131
Mineral:Vesuvianite
Locality:Valle Antrona, Piemonte, Italy
Description:Thin plate of lustrous transparent dark yellow-brown vesuvianite crystals with small crystal faces covering the rear. The vesuvianite crystals are short prismatic form with striated prism faces and flat basal pinacoid terminations.
Overall Size:4.5x3x1 cm
Crystals:0.5-5.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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