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Burtite

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Description
Locality: 
Wadi Beht, El Hammam, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Two small pieces of  yellow microcrystals of the extremely rare Sn mineral burtite from the type locality in Morocco and only one of the two known localities worldwide.

Don't miss the opportunity to get this extreme rarity.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burtite

Formula: 
Ca[Sn(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Beht River, El Hammam (El Hamman), Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

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