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Scorodite Alunite & Jarosite

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Scorodite Alunite & Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Wendy Pit, Tambo Mine, El Indio, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 0.8 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some very nice crystal groups of scorodite sitting on white groups of alunite coated with tiny jarosite crystals. A beautiful little specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Alunite

Formula: 
KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Allumiere Quarries, Tolfa, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

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

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