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Rodalquilarite & Jarosite

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Rodalquilarite & Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Rodalquilar, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Very sharp group of rodalquilarite green crystals which have grown in a vug (on 0.3mm) in the quartz matrix. This is a very rare iron tellurite and this one comes from the typa locality, where nowadays is difficult find anything...
Filon 340, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalucía, España

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rodalquilarite

Formula: 
Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl
Strunz: 
4.JL.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Filon 340, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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