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Lewisite from
Tripuí (Fazenda Tres Cruzes; Tripuhy), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil


Description
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 1022; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (1997): 127: 136; American Mineralogist (1998): 83: 403; American Mineralogist (1999): 84: 1198.
Comments
Octahedral crystals of Lewisite recently proved to be a titanian variety of Romèite.
Mineral and/or Locality
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