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Peretaite & Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of perataite associated to yellow sharp sulphur crystals from the type locality for perataite in Pereta mine.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Peretaite

Formula: 
Ca(SbO)4(SO4)2(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

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