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Botryogen & Parabutlerite & Halotrichite

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Botryogen & Parabutlerite & Halotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta Department, San Juan, Argentina
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Bright orange micro-crystals of botryogen with dark orange, sharp, lustrous parabutlerite crystals, and white needles of halotrichite on a matrix of greenish yellow massive copiapite. Beautiful under the microscope. The botryogen and halotrichite have been XRD'd by Dr. R. Peterson of the University of Kingston - see http://www.mindat.org/photo-326579.html and http://www.mindat.org/photo-326578.html

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Botryogen

Formula: 
MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Parabutlerite

Formula: 
Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Halotrichite

Formula: 
FeAl2(SO4)4·22H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.85
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
White

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