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Arhbarite & Guanacoite

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Arhbarite & Guanacoite

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Description
Locality: 
Soledad Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug covered in very nice arhbarite crystals and several sprays of guanacoite. Also there are some tiny conichalcite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arhbarite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Guanacoite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg3(AsO4)2(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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