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Sveite Niter

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Sveite Niter

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Description
Locality: 
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

the highly rare Potassium-Aluminum-Chlorine Nitrate forms white micro-crystalline aggregates, in addition to colorless Niter (Potassium-Nitrate). Only few 3 mm size samples available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sveite

Formula: 
KAl7(NO3)4(OH)16Cl2·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.ND.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cueva del Cerro Autana (Autana Cave), Amazonas, Venezuela

Niter

Formula: 
KNO3
Strunz: 
5.NA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White