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Zaïrite

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Description
Locality: 
Tazna, Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellow SEM-EDS confirmed Zaïrite associated with tabular colourless bismoclite and white aggregates of rooseveltite on bismutite (pic. 7). 

New find! 

Other minerals associated are strengite and cassiterite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zaïrite

Formula: 
BiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Eta-Etu, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Zaïrite
Analysis Report - only: Zaïrite