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Santarosaite

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Santarosaite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

A very good example of santarosaite, a rare copper-borate, with a rich coverage of tiny blue spheres on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Santarosaite

Formula: 
CuB2O4
Strunz: 
6.BD.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
pale blue
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Cartils Minerals

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