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Barbosalite

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Barbosalite

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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample of nearly solid barbosalite intergrown with rockbridgeite from the Bull Moose Mine. There are numerous vugs hosting crystals of both species. Kay Robertson collection and label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barbosalite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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