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Tamarugite & Metavoltine

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Tamarugite & Metavoltine

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Description
Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

White tufts and crystals aggregate of tamarugite with yellow metavoltina and gypsum

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tamarugite

Formula: 
NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile...

Metavoltine

Formula: 
Na6K2FeFe6(SO4)12O2·18H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.35
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Zagh Mine (Tangeh Zagh mine; Madeni Zakh), Haji Abad town, Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas), Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran