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Segnitite & Carminite

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Segnitite & Carminite

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Description
Locality: 
Gourim Mine, São Martinho das Moitas, São Pedro do Sul, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Small lightbrown crystals of Segnitite are sitting rich with darkred balls of Carminite up to 0.5 mm diameter on Quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Segnitite

Formula: 
PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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