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Ilesite & Apjohnite

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Ilesite & Apjohnite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Ana Mine, San Cristóbal Hill, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Yellowish crystals of the rare manganese sulphate mineral ilesite in a matrix of white apjohnite from one of the few localities known worldwide for ilesite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilesite

Formula: 
(Mn,Zn,Fe)SO4·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
McDonnell claim, Hall Valley, Montezuma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA

Apjohnite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.85
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Bahía de Maputo (Maputo Bay; Delagoa Bay; Lourenco Marques Bay), Maputo Province, Mozambique

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