Abhurite

Abhurite
	240px Brownish tabular crystals of abhurite from Shipwreck "Hydra", South coast of Norway
General
Category	Halide mineral
Formula; (repeating unit)	Sn21O6(OH)14Cl16
Strunz classification	03.DA.30
Crystal symmetry	Trigonal

Abhurite is a mineral of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine with the formula Sn₃O(OH)₂Cl₂.^[1] It's named after its type locality a shipwreck with tin ingots at Sharm Abhur, a cove near Jiddah, Red Sea. Its Mohs scale rating is 2.

References

↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: "Dana's new mineralogy", p. 401. John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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