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Doyleite

P-XRD & SEM-EDS confirmed! Excellent find!

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

P-XRD & SEM-EDS confirmed Doyleite (Joy Desor/mineralanalytik)  from the famous Clara mine. 

This is an extremely good find of the rare Al hydroxide mineral in large colourless crystals.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Doyleite

Formula: 
Al(OH)3
Strunz: 
4.FE.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada