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Ambrinoite

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Description
Locality: 
Signols Quarry, Signols, Oulx, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Ambrinoite crystal from Signols Quarries, Signols, Oulx, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy.

References: Biagioni, C., Bonaccorsi, E., Pasero, M., Moëlo, Y., Ciriotti, M.E., Bersani, D., Callegari, A.M., Boiocchi, M. (2011): Ambrinoite, (K,NH4)2(As,Sb)8S13•H2O, a new mineral from Upper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy: the first natural (K,NH4)-hydrated sulfosalt. American Mineralogist, 96, 878-887.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ambrinoite

Formula: 
[K,(NH4)]2(As,Sb)6(Sb,As)2S13·H2O
Strunz: 
2.HE.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Signols Quarries, Signols, Oulx, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy