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Koritnigite

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Koritnigite

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Locality: 
Sa Menga Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Very small tiny crystals group of very rare koritnigite.With cobaltokoritnigite and magnesiokoritnigite the koritnigite is the rarest member of the group that gives its name, it was found in very few places in the world, you can check on Mindat to better understand the rarity of this species, how few there are photos. This is not a flashy sample but this come from a my personal finding in 2005 and since then I have not found other. This finding is published in the “Rivista Mineralogica Italiana”, (see Ref. on Mindat). The analyst has confirmed the absence of Co despite its pink cyclamen color.

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Koritnigite

Formula: 
Zn(HAsO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.20
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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