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Botryogen

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Botryogen

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Locality: 
Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Orange, vitreous crystals up to 4 mm on a matrix of still massive botryogen. From a pocket found about 40 years ago. Perfectly unalterable. Classic locality.
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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

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