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Tamarugite Sideronatrite

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Tamarugite Sideronatrite

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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: 
6.2 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Silky white balls of tamarugite with yellow sideronatrite

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...

Sideronatrite

Formula: 
Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.20
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
San Simon Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile