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Coquimbite

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Coquimbite

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Description
Locality: 
Javier Mine, Huac-huas, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Pale purple coquimbite with turquoise blue chalcanthite, yellow patches of copiapite and white alunogen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coquimbite

Formula: 
Fe2-xAlx(SO4)3·9H2O, x ~0.5
Strunz: 
7.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Coquimbo Region, Chile
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