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Caracolite

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Description
Locality: 
Lolon Mine, Challacollo, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a fracture surface covered in hundreds of columnar, prismatic caracolite crystals from the best locality for the species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caracolite

Formula: 
Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
7.BD.20
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Beatriz Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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