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Bahianite

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Bahianite

Dan Behnke collection
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Description
Locality: 
Pico das Almas River, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a pebble of pure bahianite with a water-worn pocket hosting crystals of the mineral! Crystals are quite rare for the species. Comes with Dan's original index card. He did not photograph the sample as it was among the last samples he added to his collection. Specimen #16360.

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bahianite

Formula: 
Al5Sb3O14(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
9.0
Type Locality: 
Pico das Almas river, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso (former Água Quente), Bahia, Brazil

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