Cluster featuring pearl white Tarbuttite xls, quite well defined up to 2 mm.
Tarbuttite is a rare zinc phosphate, and this specimen is from the type Locality.
Formula :
Zn2[OH/PO4]
System: triclinic Hardness:4 Rarity:rare
Strunz id:7B.6-50 -
7 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
Name origin: Named after Percy Coventry Tarbutt, a Director of the Broken Hill Exploration Company who collected some of the first specimens at Broken Hill (now Kabwe), Zambia.
|
 Specimen weight:12 gr.
 Crystal size:2 mm
 Overall size: 42mm x 26 mm x 15 mm
 Minservice (Sondrio - Italy) Minservice Galleries Main
|
|
 Product Inquiry
|
