Formula: FeSO4.H2O
Origin of name: after locality Szomolnok, Slovakia
Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: 2/m
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Colour: colourless, yellow, yellowish to reddish brown, bluish
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous
Habit: crystals bipyramidal, often distorted, globular, stalactitic
Hardness: 2.5
Specific gravity: 3.03 to 3.07
Cleavage: none
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