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Turtmannite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Pipji glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

The turtmannite, is an extremely rare mineral exclusive of a remote and not very accessible locality of the Swiss Alps, in the Turtmann Valley. This sample, has orange-yellow tabular crystals of turtmannite in more places and this makes of it a very good sample for this specie. Really rare.

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Mineral Data
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Turtmannite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)22.5Mg3-3x((V5+,As5+)O4)3(As3+O3)x(SiO4)3O5-5x(OH)20+x
Strunz: 
8.BE.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Pipji glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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