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Copiapite & Parabutlerite

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Copiapite & Parabutlerite

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Description
Locality: 
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm
Description

Whitish crystals of copiapite with some gemmy orange parabutlerite crystals.

In a box 2.8x2.8cm, labelled

FoV : 3.5mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Parabutlerite

Formula: 
Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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