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Minasragrite & Retgersite

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Minasragrite & Retgersite

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Description
Locality: 
Ragra Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with several patches of acicular blue minasragrite crystals among green retgersite. Type locality for both rare species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Minasragrite

Formula: 
(V4+O)(SO4)·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Retgersite

Formula: 
NiSO4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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