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The mineral occurs as equant to short prismatic crystals up to 2 cm (0.79 in), in sheaf-like or saddle-shaped aggregates, or as crusts. Individual crystals are commonly rounded and striated.
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No. 2. In a cave discovered in Kopje No. 1 by boring a tunnel, tarbuttite was also found in association with hopeite as obscure crystals and crystals smaller than
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Dana's System of
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183:White, colorless, yellow, red, green, or brown
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954:Minerals in space group 2
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168:β = 102.46°, γ = 86.50°
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488:in honor of Tarbutt.
385:Description and habit
87:Strunz classification
276:4.12 g/cm (measured)
865:1908MinM...15....1S
610:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
601:2021MinM...85..291W
583:Warr, L.N. (2021).
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686:"Tarbuttite"
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536:parahopeite
516:descloizite
414:tetrahedral
346:Ultraviolet
284:Biaxial (−)
252:Diaphaneity
141:Space group
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919:Tarbuttite
570:References
552:vanadinite
503:Occurrence
480:tarbuttite
369:is a rare
367:Tarbuttite
358:References
336:Dispersion
219:Mohs scale
132:H-M symbol
77:IMA symbol
22:Tarbuttite
619:235729616
544:scholzite
512:cerussite
491:When the
430:unit cell
404:Structure
320:δ = 0.053
156:Unit cell
112:Triclinic
830:96221726
714:July 13,
692:July 13,
688:. Mindat
657:July 13,
558:See also
532:limonite
462:limonite
432:are two
326:2V angle
222:hardness
209:Fracture
199:Cleavage
101:41.6.7.1
44:Category
861:Bibcode
597:Bibcode
524:hopeite
473:⁄
448:History
444:)(OH).
310:= 1.713
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298:= 1.660
272:Density
91:8.BB.35
55:Formula
39:General
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485:Nature
416:. The
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232:Luster
130:(same
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615:S2CID
466:Kopje
458:Kabwe
436:of Zn
246:White
180:Color
71:)(OH)
716:2012
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