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Morenosite & Retgersite

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Morenosite & Retgersite

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Description
Locality: 
Pointe des Periades, Leschaux Glacier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Pale green morenosite with small olive greeen crystals of retgersite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Morenosite

Formula: 
NiSO4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Disphenoidal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Zaratite & Morenosite occurrences, Cedeira, Herbeira ultramafic massif, A Coruña (La Coruña), Galicia, Spain

Retgersite

Formula: 
NiSO4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru