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Shilovite & Ammineite

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Shilovite & Ammineite

New mineral IMA 2014-016
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

many nice blue-violet aggregates of the very rare new mineral shilovite (IMA 2014-016) into the colourless halite matrix with very good aggregates of azure ammineite: a very good specimen

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

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