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Destinezite

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Destinezite

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Description
Locality: 
Coronel Manuel Rodríguez Mine, Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Intense red destinezite crystals on matrix. 

Beautiful!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Destinezite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA