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Coquimbite & Copiapite

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Coquimbite & Copiapite

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Description
Locality: 
Dexter #7 Mine, Calf Mesa, Emery County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

Lustrous purple coquimbite crystals and bright yellow copiapite crystals

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

Copiapite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.35
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile