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Description
Locality: 
Elvira Mine, Bruguers, Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
26.00gr
Description

This snow-white crystalline mass comes from the “Elvira” mine, in Bruguers,  which contains a series of granular nodules of tinticite on a matrix of limonite, a very rare specimen of iron phosphate found in some localities. A fragile specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tinticite

Formula: 
Fe3+5.34(PO4)3.62(VO4)0.38(OH)4·6.7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.32
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Unnamed cave, Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 1; 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

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- Colour may vary due to the camera sensor.

 

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