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Cacoxenite

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Cacoxenite

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Monti Nieddu, Sarroch, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

Nice sample full of beautiful sun-yellow groups of crystals on both sides. The sample show some different aspects of this mineral, which although not rare, is often very aesthetic. You could get at least ten micro speciments from this sample but I thought it would be deplorable broken it.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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