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Apjohnite & Ilesite

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Apjohnite & Ilesite

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Description
Locality: 
Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Yellow crystals of the rare manganese sulphate mineral ilesite associated white apjohnite crystals from one of the few localities known worldwide for ilesite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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

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