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Voltaite & Coquimbite

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Voltaite & Coquimbite

Collected in late 1960's

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Description
Locality: 
Magma Mine, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

A rich mass of orange coquimbite and jet black octahedral voltaite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Voltaite

Formula: 
K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples Province, Phlegrean Volcanic Complex, Campania, Italy

Coquimbite

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

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