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Quartz Jarosite & Natrojarosite

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Quartz Jarosite & Natrojarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.3 × 8.4 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.80cm
Weight: 
650.00gr
Description

Beautiful Quartz cluster from a not so common locality displaying thick and sharp crystals, with a beautiful luster and a creamy opaque to sub-translucent crystallization, surrounded by contrasting rusty-like limonite and patches of brown Jarosite and yellow Natrojarosite sparkling microcrystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Jarosite

Formula: 
KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Pyramidal Class
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jaroso Ravine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Natrojarosite

Formula: 
NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Soda Springs Valley, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

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