A very recently discovered new species that has been approved by the IMA this year. The sample, a flattened crystal with very well defined faces and edges, gray color with brownish shades and a good luster, was personally collected by Luiz Menezes, first author of the article that describes the species.
With the sample we’ll send a signed Luiz Menezes label.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition and in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 48, volume 40, number 9, September 2015
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region Brazil (04/2013)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.28”
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