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Abhurite

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Abhurite

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Description
Locality: 
SS Cheerful Wreck Site, St Ives District, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Colourless platy aggregates of Abhurite up to 1 mm large on matrix. This mineral is formed from the reaction of pure tin with sea water, and has exclusively been associated with tin ingots from shipwrecks

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Abhurite

Formula: 
Sn21Cl16(OH)14O6
Strunz: 
3.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sharm Abhur Cove, Jiddah (Jeddah), Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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