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Tavorite

Kay Robertson collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some nice green tabular crystals of tavorite in groups on matrix. This is a rare species at the locality and good specimens are hard to find. Kay Robertson collection and label. 

Mineral Data
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Tavorite

Formula: 
LiFe3+(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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