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Bahianite

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Description
Locality: 
Pico das Almas River, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

A pebble of bahianite ( only known purely aluminium antimonite (mindat)

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bahianite

Formula: 
Al5Sb3O14(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
9.0
Type Locality: 
Pico das Almas river, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso (former Água Quente), Bahia, Brazil