Mineralpedia Details for Zairite
Zairite
- Formula
- BiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)6
- Crystal System
- Trigonal
- Luster
- Vitreous - Resinous
- Color
- greenish, greenish white, yellow green
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
- Hardness
- 4.5
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Zairite from Eta-Etu, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Green spongy masses throughout matrix. Very rare bismuth phosphate. Type Locality.
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