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Goldichite & Pertlikite

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Description
Locality: 
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

specimen with some very good prismatic yellow crystals of goldichite with associate tiny cubic clear yellow crystals of pertlikite on matrix.

For value the dimension of the crystals I remenber you that the photos of my specimens are taken at only 20/40 enlargement!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goldichite

Formula: 
KFe(SO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.40
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA

Pertlikite

Formula: 
K2(Fe2+,Mg)2Mg4Fe3+2Al(SO4)12·18H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.25
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Zagh Mine (Tangeh Zagh mine; Madeni Zakh), Haji Abad town, Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas), Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran

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