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Carboirite

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Description
Locality: 
Carboire, Ariege, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

Single grain (~0,5 mm) in capsule of extremely rare (know only from two french locations)Carboirite (Ge analogue of Chloritoid and one of very few natural germanates!) with Sphalerite and minor calcite/quartz matrix from Type Locality! Analysed by S. Mockel.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carboirite

Formula: 
FeAl2(GeO4)O(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.J0.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Carboire, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France

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