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Giniite

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Giniite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sandamap Pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm
Description

Tiny black giniite microcrystals on triphylite matrix with greenish tavorite and black barbosalite crystals.

Very rare mineral from Franz Bauer collection, Munich

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Giniite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DB.50
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sandamap pegmatite (Sandamab pegmatite), Sandamap North Farm 115 (Sandamab), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia