Abstract
SummaryPyrite concretions from an arid area of Southern Israel are described. The alteration products include alunite, gypsum, jarosite, baryte, celestine, goethite, hematite, sulphur, and sideronatrite. Sideronatrite is described in detail. The pyrite alteration is considered to be recent and the sideronatrite is preserved owing to climatic aridity. The puzzling appearance of sulphur is tentatively explained by microbiological reduction of the sulphates.
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