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Metatorbernite
- Bendada quarries
- Guarda
- Portugal
- 7.4 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm – Small cabinet specimen (under 10 cm)
Metatorbernite is a copper uranyl phosphate mineral. The mineral name honors Torbern Bergmann (1735-1784), Swedish chemist and mineralogist at Uppsala University.
Metatorbernite forms green plates to 1.2 scattered on a shard of smoky quartz matrix. Microscopic strengite and cacoxenite are also present. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona.
Price: $125
Item code: MS1850
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