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Phosphosiderite Nsutite & Triplite

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Phosphosiderite Nsutite & Triplite

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Description
Locality: 
Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Hi All, this auction is part of a series of ‘Clear-out Minerals’ Clear-out auctions. This specimen and the majority of others on offer this have a starting price 50% or more lower than in all previous auctions. Happy bidding. Purple micro-balls of phosphosiderite, bright metallic nsutite & honey-colored triplite. A rare combination specimen from a rare classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphosiderite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalterborn Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Nsutite

Formula: 
(Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DB.15c
Hardness: 
6.5 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana

Triplite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Chanteloube, Razès, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Peter Crozier Minerals