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Nikischerite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanuni Mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Nice aggregate of white fluorescent nikischerite crystals associated with pyrite and siderite from its type locality (the only reported locality worldwide).  Nikischerite is a very rare sulfate and there are supposedly less than 200 specimens of this mineral species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nikischerite

Formula: 
Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

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