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Burtite

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Description
Locality: 
Wadi Beht, El Hammam, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

A small but very good sample of the very rare calcium-tin-hydroxide burtite.

The specimen has a good coverage of white to pale yellow aggregates and masses of burtite on a matrix of green tin-rich andradite crystals.
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Mineral Data
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Burtite

Formula: 
Ca[Sn(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Beht River, El Hammam (El Hamman), Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Cartils Minerals

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