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Currierite

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

Currierite is a new mineral (IMA2016-030) with formula
Na4Ca3MgAl4(AsO3OH)12·9H2O, the sysem is hexagonal and is structurally related to kaatialaite.

specimen with some tufts of white needles of the extremely rare currierite on matrix of halite

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Currierite

Formula: 
Na4Ca3MgAl4(AsO3OH)12·9H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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