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Tuhualite

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Tuhualite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Tuhualite, the name comes from the Maori " Tuhua", the original name for Mayor Island in New Zealand. Dozens of purple to dark blue tiny crystals of tuhualite on matrix. Collected in 2001 during the last official allowed collecting trip to Mayor Island.

A very very rare species from the Type Locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuhualite

Formula: 
NaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
Strunz: 
9.DN.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mayor Island (Tuhua), New Zealand
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