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Sanrománite

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Sanrománite

Ex Leon Hupperichs collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

An excellent sample of sanromanite, a rare sodium-calcium-lead-carbonate, from the Type Locality.
The specimen has a very rich coverage of highly lustrous colourless to pale yellowish and green sanromanite crystals on matrix.
Beautiful under magnification.
From my own collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sanrománite

Formula: 
Na2CaPb3[CO3]5
Strunz: 
5.AC.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Cartils Minerals

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