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Tripuhyite

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Tripuhyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Falotta, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm
Weight: 
21.00gr
Description

A nice specimen with a lot of tripuhyite needles on matrix. A very rare mineral on this locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tripuhyite

Formula: 
Fe3+Sb5+O4
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Tripuí (Tripuhy), Main district, Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil