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Hilarionite & Fibroferrite

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Hilarionite & Fibroferrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm
Description

a wonderful specimen of hilarionite : hundreds clusters of light green crystals on limonitic matrix with minor white tufts of fibroferrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hilarionite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)·6H2O
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Hilarion Mine (Hilarion adit; Hilarion Mine No. 50), Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Fibroferrite

Formula: 
Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile