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Triplite

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Triplite

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Description
Locality: 
Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 5.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen of translucent lustrous redbrown triplite with minor cacoxenite microcrystals.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triplite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Chanteloube, Razès, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France