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Camaronesite & Römerite

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Camaronesite & Römerite

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Description
Locality: 
Cuya, Los Camarones, Arica Province, Arica & Parinacota Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

Pinkish camaronesite on matrix. Rare mineral

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Camaronesite

Formula: 
[Fe3+(H2O)2(PO3OH)]2(SO4)·1–2H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Lavender
Type Locality: 
Cuya, Los Camarones, Arica Province, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile

Römerite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.75
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany