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Ungemachite

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Ungemachite

Former USNM and Larry Conklin Collections
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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a tiny single crystal of extremely rare ungemachite mounted in an antique vial. The specimen is from the USNM and Harvard collections and passed to the collection of Larry Conklin. An incredibly rare sulfate mineral known from very few specimens. This is a single crystal from the type.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ungemachite

Formula: 
K3Na8Fe(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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