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Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

Well-formed sharp clusters or isolated crystals of jarosite, freely grown on matrix. Minerals from Cyprus are extremely rare in collections and this specimen was collected at the Skouriotissa mine, by Dr Gerard Vogel in April/1995.

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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

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