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Munakataite

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Description
Locality: 
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Many bundles and tufts of electric blue capillary crystals of munakataite, with very clear silky tips richly scattered on the matrix.

From old material personally collected many years ago (2003) and only later (2020)  analyzed, a new-entry, which is added to its list of seleniferous species for which it is famous this outstanding Sardinian locality. 

 

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Munakataite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Kato mine, Munakata, Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

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