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Barbosalite

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Barbosalite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Rare iron-phosphate species barbosalite, as black microcrystals with yellow-green tavorite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barbosalite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Loranth Minerals

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