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Chvaleticeite & Melanterite

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Chvaleticeite & Melanterite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Chvaletice, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a large mass of yellow melanterite needles that have rare, powdery white masses of chvaleticeite nano-crystals growing between them. Rich sample of this rare sulphate from the David Burgess collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chvaleticeite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)SO4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.25
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Chvaletice (Chwaletitz; Chwalletitz), Pardubice Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Melanterite

Formula: 
FeSO4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.35
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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