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Jarosite & Kröhnkite

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Jarosite & Kröhnkite

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Description
Locality: 
La Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Honey-brown lustrous crystals of the potassium-iron-sulfate Jarosite in beautiful combination with blueish-green Kröhnkite crystals, a sodium-copper-sulfate. In addition you have colourless tabular Tamarugite crystals.
   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jarosite

Formula: 
KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Pyramidal Class
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jaroso Ravine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Kröhnkite

Formula: 
Na2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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