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| Colour: | tan to light brown | Lustre: | Metallic |
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| Name: | Named by Frobel (Dana6, p 53, (1892)) after a Brazilian locality now lost. Dana7, p 91,(1944) references ["Porpez" (Pompeo ?), Taguaril and other localities in Minas Gerais and Goyaz, Brazil]. | ||
Classification of Porpezite | ||||||
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Physical Properties of Porpezite | ||||||
| Lustre: | Metallic | |||||
| Colour: | tan to light brown | |||||
| Streak: | yellow | |||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||
References for Porpezite | ||||||
| Reference List: | Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 15 (Fröbel in..). Palache, C., Berman, H. & Frondel, C. (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 90, 91. | |||||
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