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Alunite

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Alunite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm
Description

Sparkling transparent green crystals of alunite rich cover the display face of this specimen. Whilst alunite  is not uncommon it is a rarity at Iron Monarch

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alunite

Formula: 
KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Allumiere Quarries, Tolfa, Rome Province, Latium, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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