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Sideronatrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ferruginosa Mine, Cabo de Palos Range, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

Tiny yellow sideronatrite crystals on limonite matrix from a very old mine in Murcia, Spain.

Analysed specimen - with minor natrojarosite crystals.

Recently published article about the location is available for the buyer.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sideronatrite

Formula: 
Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.20
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
San Simon Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile