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Sideronatrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ferruginosa Mine, Cabo de Palos Range, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Outstanding yellow crystals of the sideronatrite, from a new discovery in Spain.

See : Rewitzer, C., Calvo, M. Hochleitner, R., and Utrera, C. (2018). Cotunnite, caracolite, sideronatrite and other rare secondary minerals in the "Ferruginosa" mine, Cabo de Palos, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain. Mineral Up, 5 (1), 66-79.   for a complete article on the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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