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Multiple photos availablePanunzite : (Na,K)[AlSiO4]

Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Greyish, colourless, hexagonal crystals of panunzite in a 1 cm vuggy area from a 8x8 cm specimen of pyroxene rich, metamorphic ejecta collected near Valle del Diablo on Monte Somma. Originally the rock specimen was about 25 cm. No more than 3 rock specimens containing panunzite have been found, all by the Italian collector Achille Panunzi, so ...
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Multiple photos availablePanunzite : (Na,K)[AlSiO4]

Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Greyish, colourless, hexagonal crystals of panunzite in a 3,5 cm vuggy area from a 10x10 cm specimen of pyroxene rich, metamorphic ejecta collected near Valle del Diablo on Monte Somma. No more than 3 rock specimens containing panunzite have ever been found, all by the Italian collector Achille Panunzi, so panunzite is an extreemly rare mineral. ...
 © OT. LjostadPhoto ID: 103859    View Count: 197
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