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Tinticite & Calcioferrite

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Tinticite & Calcioferrite

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Description
Locality: 
Elvira Mine, Bruguers, Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Description

Good sized tinticite nodule, floater, with reniform structures. Accompanied by minor calcioferrite. Tinticite is an extremely rare iron phosphate, found in only a few localities. From a classic Catalan mine. Analyzed specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tinticite

Formula: 
Fe3+5.34(PO4)3.62(VO4)0.38(OH)4·6.7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.32
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Unnamed cave, Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 1; 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Calcioferrite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Battenberg, Grünstadt-Land, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Tinticite & Calcioferrite