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Curetonite

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Description
Locality: 
Redhouse Barite Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm
Description

Blue-green smears of curetonite on matrix.   Curetonite is a rare phosphate of barium, aluminum, and titanium that is only known from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Curetonite

Formula: 
Ba4Al3Ti(PO4)4(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BK.15
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Redhouse Barite Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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