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Kremersite

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Description
Locality: 
Vesuvius Fumaroles, Mount Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Deep yellow crystals of kremersite, a very rare ammonium-potassium-iron chloride from the TL and one of only a few localities known worldwide, in a capsule.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kremersite

Formula: 
(NH4,K)2[Fe3+Cl5(H2O)]
Strunz: 
3.CJ.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Brown-red
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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