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Kamarizaite & Jarosite

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Kamarizaite & Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

A typical example of this very rare, type locality specimen from Lavrion! White to beige kamarizite mixed with brown jarosite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kamarizaite

Formula: 
Fe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·3H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

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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