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Botryogen Halotrichite & Copiapite

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Botryogen Halotrichite & Copiapite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Superb red-colored botryogen crystals associated with hairy halotrichite and aggregates of copiapite microcrystals.

Extremely rich specimen of this rare species.

Quite difficult to obtain today

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Botryogen

Formula: 
MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Halotrichite

Formula: 
FeAl2(SO4)4·22H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.85
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
White

Copiapite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.35
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
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