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Cyrilovite

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Cyrilovite

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Description
Locality: 
Argentina Tower, Bosa, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Thousands of beautiful sparkling crystals gathered and scattered across the surface of this rich miniature. Very rare to find a such rich and large sample of this rather rare iron phosphate, especially from this little known Sardinian location. Excellent specimen from the personal collection of M.Mamberti with personal label.

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Cyrilovite

Formula: 
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Cyrilov phosphate pegmatite (Cyrillhof), Velké Meziříčí, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

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