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Corkite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 1.8 cm
Description

This is a extremely rich corkite specimen with hundreds of lustrous brown corkite crystals all over the specimen.

Very good specimen. Collected 2011

Mineral Data
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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