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Parasymplesite

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Parasymplesite

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Locality: 
Borgofranco Mines, Biò, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Canavese, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm
Description

rich specimen with many beautiful large tufts of greenish-gray needles of parasymplesite on matrix : very rare for the locality

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Parasymplesite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kiura mine (Shin-Kiura mine; Kiura emery mine), Saiki City, Oita prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

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