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Zaïrite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

specimen with some tiny yellow rare crystals of the extremely rare mineral zairite on matrix 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zaïrite

Formula: 
BiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Eta-Etu, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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