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Magnesioaubertite & Pickeringite

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Magnesioaubertite & Pickeringite

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Description
Locality: 
Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

large piece of pale blue magnesioaubertite with pickeringite, collected in 2001

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesioaubertite

Formula: 
(Mg,Cu)Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Faraglione Ranni, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

Pickeringite

Formula: 
MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.85
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile...

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