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Gajardoite Chongite & Torrecillasite

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Gajardoite Chongite & Torrecillasite

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with small vugs lined with minute hexagonal crystals of the new mineral gajardoite also sparse and minute prisms of the new species chongite. Also present are tiny needles of torrecillasite. A good specimen of all three new and very rare minerals!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gajardoite

Formula: 
KCa0.5As43+O6Cl2 · 5H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Isostructural with: 
Lucabindiite

Chongite

Formula: 
Ca3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O
Group Parent: 
Hureaulite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Torrecillasite

Formula: 
Na(As,Sb)3+4O6Cl
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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