Iron-bearing Starkeyite from
Alta Mine, Low Divide, Low Divide Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Starkeyite var: Iron-bearing Starkeyite
Formula:	(Mg,Fe)SO₄ · 4H₂O
Comments:	Occurs as fine-grained efflorescences on troilite.
Colour:	Cream-coloured
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Troilite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Iron-bearing Starkeyite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Alta Mine, Low Divide, Low Divide Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	686561
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:686561:0
GUID (UUID V4):	368ab290-992b-4c4b-b3fb-10ad5d7491d3
References
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 266. Snetsinger, K.G. (1973) Ferroan starkeyite from Del Norte County, California. Canadian Mineralogist: 12: 229 *Snetsinger, Kenneth G. (1975) What's in a Name: Starkeyite vs. Leonhardite, in May - June 1975. The Mineralogical Record, 6 (3) Tucson. 144-145* *Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.*

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