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Cacoxenite & Ferrohexahydrite

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Cacoxenite & Ferrohexahydrite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Creu d'Olorda, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Orange cacoxenite spheres from an unusual location accompanied by a crust of pale brown ferrohexahydrite, on a carbonaceous slate matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cacoxenite

Formula: 
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Hrbek Mine, Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna), Beroun (Beraun), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Ferrohexahydrite

Formula: 
FeSO4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.25
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Sofiya Mine, Nikitovka Hg Deposit, Central Donbass, Donetsk (Donets'k) Oblast', Ukraine...
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