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Yavapaiite & Coquimbite

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Yavapaiite & Coquimbite

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Description
Locality: 
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

Very good pink yavapaiite crystals in cavities of coquimbite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yavapaiite

Formula: 
KFe(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Coquimbite

Formula: 
Fe2-xAlx(SO4)3·9H2O, x ~0.5
Strunz: 
7.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Coquimbo Region, Chile