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Karibibite & Hematite

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Karibibite & Hematite

ex. Collection G. Gürsch (Stuttgart/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Urucum Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

Brown karibibite and haematite in matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Karibibite

Formula: 
Fe2As4O9
Strunz: 
4.JA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0