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Triploidite

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Triploidite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some fantastic sprays of rare triploidite crystals on matrix. This is an old find made in 1968 by Jack Eaker and were in his collection as an unknown, but recently verified by PXRD and are without a doubt the best specimens of this mineral found anywhere to date. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triploidite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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