Haüyne

Specimen ID: LQN-P22

Mineral(s)
Haüyne : Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
10.0cm x 8.2cm x 6.3cm
Events

Photo added to mindat.org

10.0 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm. This specimen is from a famous discovery of hauyne made in the volcanic hills above Rome. I had never seen even a piece before I saw a small group of a few pieces brought to me in Munich show of 2013. These are from the only discovery of note at this locality by a collector named Fabio Tamagnini nearly 10 years ago. They were then in another Italian collector's collection, hidden away, for years (Dr. Mario Amabili). Although found here previously as micros and as small crystals without color, these pale blue, large crystals set a new standard. Emplaced in a vug of weathered basalt are translucent, light sky-blue crystals, to 1.3 cm in length of hauyne. This rarity is an uncommon sodium, calcium, aluminum silicate. It is a significant specimen, and one of the finer examples of this pocket.
Robert Lavinsky - 8th May 2014

Photo added to mindat.org

10.0 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm. This specimen is from a famous discovery of hauyne made in the volcanic hills above Rome. I had never seen even a piece before I saw a small group of a few pieces brought to me in Munich show of 2013. These are from the only discovery of note at this locality by a collector named Fabio Tamagnini nearly 10 years ago. They were then in another Italian collector's collection, hidden away, for years (Dr. Mario Amabili). Although found here previously as micros and as small crystals without color, these pale blue, large crystals set a new standard. Emplaced in a vug of weathered basalt are translucent, light sky-blue crystals, to 1.3 cm in length of hauyne. This rarity is an uncommon sodium, calcium, aluminum silicate. It is a significant specimen, and one of the finer examples of this pocket.
Robert Lavinsky - 8th May 2014
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