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Rostite

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Description
Locality: 
Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Rare mineral. Not for sale often... Globular white aggregates, consisting of tiny white needles. Some minor clairite, alunogen and metavoltine/ammoniojarosite also present, as well as micro crystals of clairite on top of the rostite. Don't worry, both the mineral and the matrix are stable. Found by seller in 2008.

High resolution mineral images (tiff 75 MB), for use in articles or to print A3 for your wall, will be provided as download on request.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rostite

Formula: 
Al(SO4)(OH)·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kladno Mine (Nejedlý I Mine; Zdeněk Nejedlý Mine; Schoeller Mine; Schöller Mine), Libušin, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
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