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Patrónite Minasragrite & Retgersite

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Patrónite Minasragrite & Retgersite

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Description
Locality: 
Ragra Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Very important type locality specimen of massive patronite associated with three other type locality species: dark blue minasragrite, gemmy green retgersite, possibly fernandinite, and light blue spherules of possibly stanleyite.  There are also something that looks like black "oil" on one of the more recent surfaces of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Patrónite

Formula: 
VS4
Strunz: 
2.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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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