Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Botryogen

Views:
Watches:
JYJ215191

Botryogen

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

A cluster of intense red botryogen crystals formed by well developed individues.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Botryogen

Formula: 
MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden