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Voltaite & Szomolnokite

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Voltaite & Szomolnokite

(6 Micromounts)

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Tinto Mines, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.4 cm
Description

An European micromount box with six cluster off matrix of voltaite with associated szomolnokite balls.

There are a couple of single clusters with excellent compound form and the rest are groups of crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Voltaite

Formula: 
K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples Province, Phlegrean Volcanic Complex, Campania, Italy

Szomolnokite

Formula: 
FeSO4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Smolník (Schmöllnitz; Szomolnok), Gelnica Co., Košice Region, Slovakia
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