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Sarmientite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Brown crystal aggrergtaes of the very rare Fe arsenate suphate mineral sarmientite from one of the very few localities known worldwide

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sarmientite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DB.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan, Argentina

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