Potassium alum
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| Potassium aluminium sulfate | |
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[edit] Mineral form and occurrence
Potassium alum is a naturally occurring sulfate mineral which typically occurs as encrustations on rocks in areas of weathering and oxidation of sulfide minerals and potassium-bearing minerals. Alunite is an associate and likely potassium and aluminium source. Found at Vesuvius, Italy,East of Springsure,Queensland, Alum Cave, Tennessee, and Alum Gulch, Arizona in the United States.
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