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Abhurite

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Locality: 
St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Yellow plates of abhurite in a nodule of tin. Abhurite is formed only by the reaction of sea water and pure tin.This specimen was found in the wreck of the "SS Cheerful",shipwrecked eighteen miles from St. Ives in July 1885.Abhurite was found only in a few old shipwrecks worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Abhurite

Formula: 
Sn21Cl16(OH)14O6
Strunz: 
3.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sharm Abhur Cove, Jiddah (Jeddah), Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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