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Quenstedtite

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Quenstedtite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Mejillones, Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

A sealed sample hosting pink quenstedtite (analysed material) with brown römerite, colourless anhydrite and copiapite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quenstedtite

Formula: 
Fe2(SO4)3·10H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile