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Sodalite from Villa Inglese, Mount Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy

 
Sodalite from Villa Inglese, Mount Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy

Sodalite from Villa Inglese, Mount Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 74801
Mineral:Sodalite
Locality:Villa Inglese, Mount Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-brown prismatic-to-equant sodalite crystals to 1.5 mm on bladed translucent crystals of an unidentified mineral, possibly phlogopite, that was overgrown with greenish-brown microcrystals of another unidentified mineral. From the 1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Ex. Giorgio Bottoni (Milano)
Overall Size:31x11x8 mm
Crystals:micro to 1.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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