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Tunisite & Valentinite

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Tunisite & Valentinite

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Description
Locality: 
Condorcet, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 0.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Small but nice sample with more groups of sharp crystals of tunisite and some needles of valentinite from a classic locality.

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tunisite

Formula: 
NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl
Strunz: 
5.BB.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sidi Youssef Mine, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Al Kåf Governorate (El Kef; Le Kef), Tunisia

Valentinite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Les Chalanches Mine, Allemont, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

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