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Stokesite & Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

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Stokesite & Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Urucum Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Globular growth, practically spherical, a floater, of platy crystals. The development of the crystals and their luster are excellent for this rare calcium and tin silicate. There are minute yellow stannomicrolite crystals, is the tin-rich member of the microlite subgroup of the pyrochlore group of minerals and is known from only three localities worldwide

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stokesite

Formula: 
CaSn[Si3O9]·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Stamps and Jowl Zawn (Roscommon Cliff), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

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