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Bahianite

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Description
Locality: 
Pico das Almas River, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

A rounded lustrous caramel brown bahianite pebble from the Pico das Almas river the type locality. Bahianite is a very rare aluminium antimonate oxide mineral with the hardness of 9. This specimen is especially interesting because it holds cavities where numerous perfectly formed crystals are well developed.

The exact dimensions are: 8.7 x 5.2 x 3.0 mm.

Acquired in Tucson in 1984 by Dr Gerard Vogel.

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Mineral Data
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Bahianite

Formula: 
Al5Sb3O14(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
9.0
Type Locality: 
Pico das Almas river, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso (former Água Quente), Bahia, Brazil

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Belgium <2Kg (Unregistered)
3
NL, DE, FR, LU <2Kg (Unregistered)
8
Rest EU <2Kg (Unregistered)
9
EUROPE (NO EU) <2Kg (Unregistered)
9
USA <2Kg (Unregistered)
10
REST OF THE WORLD <2Kg (Unregistered)
10

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