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Tripuhyite

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Description
Locality: 
Nador n'Bails Mine, Djebel Nador, Guelma District, Guelma Province, Algeria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

Yellowish-green earthy tripuhyite on matrix from the famous Nador n'Bails Mine in Algeria.

Old specimen, acquired in 1964, it is from the museum of Georges Vanacker* (BE), with label, specimen #1022.

*Vanackerite (from Tsumeb) is named after him.

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

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