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Vendidaite

IMA 2012-089
Type Locality

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Locality: 
La Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

A small but very good example of the rare and newly approved aluminium-sulphate-chlorine vendidaite from the Type Locality.
The specimen has a good coverage of clusters of tiny colourless to white vendidaite crystals on matrix associated with yellowish-green belloite crystals and blue-green crystalline eriochalcite.
From the discoverer's stock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vendidaite

Formula: 
Al2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
La Vendida Mine (Rio Tinto Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Cartils Minerals

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