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Botryogen

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Botryogen

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Description
Locality: 
Falun Mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Intense red rich botryogen specimen from the Falun mine. Good specimen, especially for the mineral species. Interestingly this mineral occurs not only in Chile in a good quality, but also at this locality with a much less dry climate. 

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