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Bahianite

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Description
Locality: 
Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Bahianite is a very rare mineral found worldwide in only two close localities in Bahia. It has the particularity of being the second (or maybe third) hardest mineral known after the diamond, with a hardness of 9 in the Mohs scale.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bahianite

Formula: 
Al5Sb3O14(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
9.0
Type Locality: 
Pico das Almas river, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso (former Água Quente), Bahia, Brazil

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