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Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
El Arteal Tunnel, Sierra Almagrera, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
54.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen of jarosite crystals on a matrix of goethite from this emblematic Spanish site, jarosite crystals are very large for the species and nowadays no new specimens can be found in this deposit due to the collapse and destruction of a part of the tunnel

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jarosite

Formula: 
KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Pyramidal Class
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jaroso Ravine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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