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Shilovite & Ammineite

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Shilovite & Ammineite

IMA 2014-016
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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Tiny violet crystals and grains of shilovite and bright blue botryoidal spheres and tiny crystals of ammineite on a colourless halite matrix.. A very good example of these newly approved complex species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shilovite

Formula: 
Cu(NH3)4(NO3)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Ammineite

Formula: 
[CuCl2(NH3)2]
Strunz: 
3.C0.
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Cartils Minerals

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