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Derbylite

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Derbylite

Fe3+4Ti3Sb3+O13(OH)
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Black derbylite crystals in matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Derbylite

Formula: 
Fe3+4Ti3Sb3+O13(OH)
Strunz: 
4.JB.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Tripuí (Tripuhy), Main district, Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil