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Coquimbite

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Coquimbite

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Description
Locality: 
Javier Mine, Huac-huas, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

This is a beautiful specimen that is an excellent representative for the species, a good example from this small 2009 find.Really quite remarkable for coquimbite and for a locale from which we never suspected or saw such things before.Sharp pink coquimbite with minor yellowbrown metavoltine crystals.

Ex Wolfgang Wendel collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coquimbite

Formula: 
Fe2-xAlx(SO4)3·9H2O, x ~0.5
Strunz: 
7.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Coquimbo Region, Chile