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Chalcotrichite & Jarosite

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Chalcotrichite & Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Herzog Julius Smelter Slag Locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

 Chalcotrichite and jarosite with gypsum on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
Cu2O
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Red

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