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Corkite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20 × 13 × 12 cm
Description

This is truely a museum specimen of the rare mineral corkite.

Beautiful and sharp brown corkite crystals covering goethite all around the specimen.

This is one of the very best specimen I ever had.

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Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland