Mineral: Balangeroite
Locality: Poggio San Vittore asbestos Mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
Dimensions: 13,0 x 37,0 x 12,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size : 20,0 cm Bundle of large, brown-amber colored flexible fibers emanating from a serpentinite matrix. The sample resembles a brush or a broom. It is one of the species that constitute asbestos. MIM number 1713 Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu)

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