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Rodalquilarite & Jarosite

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Rodalquilarite & Jarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Filón 340, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Very interesting small vugs filled with spheroidal aggregates of yellow Rodalquilarite crystals on a Quartz matrix with Jarosite. The sample is from the type locality for the species and was found in 2012 by Angel Romero Escobar in the mythical 340 vein.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rodalquilarite

Formula: 
Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl
Strunz: 
4.JL.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Filon 340, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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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