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Rosiaite & Tripuhyite

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Rosiaite & Tripuhyite

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Description
Locality: 
Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

A rich coverage of yellow tabular crystals of the lead-antimony-oxide rosiaite on matrix, associated with green prismatic crystals of tripuhyite and colourless needles of valentinite.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosiaite

Formula: 
PbSb5+2O6
Strunz: 
4.DH.25
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Tripuhyite

Formula: 
Fe3+Sb5+O4
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Tripuí (Tripuhy), Main district, Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cartils Minerals

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