Humite

 
Origin: Monte Somma (Vesuvius), Campania, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Brown crystals on matrix partially with diopside, phlogopite, grossular, sanidine ± vesuvianite
Origin: San Vito quarry, Vesuvius, Napoli, Italy
Sample size: 3 x 3 cm
 
  
Light brown crystals in mica-sanidine matrix
Origin: Fosse Grande, Vesuvius, Napoli, Italy
Sample size: 8 x 8 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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