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Melanterite

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Locality: 
Brunita Open Pit, La Paraleja, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Weight: 
24.00gr
Description

Excellent specimen of crystallized Melanterite on clay matrix. This specimen comes from a new discovery found just a month ago in one of the old galleries that were uncovered when the site was worked on surface. The galleries are very dangerous and unstable and the concentration of dangerous substances is very high.
Melanterite is relatively stable, however, to increase its protection and avoid its possible dehydration the samples have been coated with clear lacquer.
During my many years of searching for minerals in the area, I have often found specimens of melanterite and calcantite, but they were never crystallized, so these samples that I show you are the best melanterite I have ever seen in Spain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanterite

Formula: 
FeSO4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.35
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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