| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Italy > Sodalite |
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| 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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