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Chudobaite

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Chudobaite

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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: 
1.3 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some bladed crystals of rare chudobaite in clusters on matrix. Second world locality for this species and extremely rare here. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chudobaite

Formula: 
(Mg,Zn)5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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