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ابوریت

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Also known as IMA1983-061

Abhurite is a mineral of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine with the formula Sn21O6(OH)14Cl16 or Sn3O(OH)2Cl2. It is named after its type locality, a shipwreck with tin ingots at Sharm Abhur, a cove near Jeddah in the Red Sea. Abhurite forms alongside other tin minerals like romarchite and cassiterite. Abhurite can vary in color, from pale green/yellow to darker brown/green.

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It sits within the topics Chloride minerals, Hydroxide minerals and Minerals described in 1977.

Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Abhurite
Mineral.image
Abhurite - Shipwreck Hydra, South coast of Norway.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Brownish tabular crystals of abhurite from Shipwreck "Hydra", South coast of Norway
Mineral.category
Halide mineral
Mineral.formula
Sn21O6(OH)14Cl16
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Abh
Mineral.strunz
3.DA.30
Mineral.system
Trigonal
Mineral.class
Trapezohedral (32) H-M symbol: (32)
Mineral.symmetry
R3 2
Mineral.unit cell
a = 10.0175 Å, c = 44.014 Å; Z=3
Mineral.color
Colorless/Pale yellow-greenish
Mineral.habit
Platy, thin crystals, cryptocrystalline crusts
Mineral.twinning
On 0001
Mineral.cleavage
None
Mineral.fracture
Hackly
Mineral.tenacity
Fragile

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Wikidata facts

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Abhurite - Shipwreck Hydra, South coast of Norway.jpg
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IMA Mineral Symbol
Abh
chemical formula
Sn²⁺₂₁O₆(OH)₁₄Cl₁₆
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
3.DA.30
Commons category
Abhurite
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
3.DA.30
Mohs' hardness
2
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