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Tarbuttite

#37387
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Tarbuttite from Skorpion mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz dist., Karas, Namibia - 37387
Tarbuttite from Skorpion mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz dist., Karas, Namibia - 37387

Tarbuttite

#37387
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 4 x 3 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Zn2(PO4)(OH) (RRUFF)
Locality
Skorpion mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz dist., Karas, Namibia
Tagged
phosphate

An aqua bluish green color in this large crystal aggregate showing bladed fishtail-like terminations.

Tarbuttite

Formula
Zn2(PO4)(OH) 
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Crystal Habit
Wheat Sheaf, Striated, Prismatic 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Pearly 
Color
brown, colorless, green, white, light yellow 
Streak
white 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Uneven 
Hardness
4 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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