Abhurite

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Brownish tabular crystals of abhurite from Shipwreck "Hydra", South coast of Norway

Abhurite is a mineral of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine with the formula Sn₃O(OH)₂Cl₂.^[1] It is named after Sharm Abhur, a cove of the Red Sea. Its Mohs scale rating is 2.

[edit] See also

^ 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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