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Magnesioaubertite & Pickeringite

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Magnesioaubertite & Pickeringite

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Description
Locality: 
Faraglione Ranni, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm
Description

White, fibruos pickeringite on pale blue magnesioaubertite. Type locality of magnesioaubertite, which is only known at handful of localities worldwide so far.

The material is very brittle by nature. Please accept a little loss in shipping.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesioaubertite

Formula: 
(Mg,Cu)Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Faraglione Ranni, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

Pickeringite

Formula: 
MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.85
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile...

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