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Boyleite Metavoltine & Szomolnokite

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Boyleite Metavoltine & Szomolnokite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

Analyzed xrds specimen. Metavoltine- lime green power, with pyrite and minor melanterite. Boyleite and szominokite, light blue power with minor melanterite. Metavoltine is a new mineral for MSH. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boyleite

Formula: 
(Zn,Mg)SO4·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Porphyry quarry, Kropbach, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Metavoltine

Formula: 
Na6K2FeFe6(SO4)12O2·18H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.35
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Zagh Mine (Tangeh Zagh mine; Madeni Zakh), Haji Abad town, Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas), Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran

Szomolnokite

Formula: 
FeSO4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Smolník (Schmöllnitz; Szomolnok), Gelnica Co., Košice Region, Slovakia