Meionite

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

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Naples, Italy
Sample size: 3 5 x 5 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Bear Lake, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 5.8 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Colourless crystalls up to 3-4 mm on grossular-diopside matrix
Origin: San Vito quarry, Vesuvius, Napoli, Italy
Sample size: 2 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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