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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: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

specimen with many brilliant intense yellow tiny crystals of the extremely rare phosphate zairite on matrix.

For value the dimension of the crystals I remenber you that the photos of my specimens are taken at only 20/40 enlargement!

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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