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Gajardoite

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Gajardoite

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

specimen with some aggregate of white tiny exagonal lamellae of the extremely rare new mineral (IMA2015-040) Gajardoite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gajardoite

Formula: 
KCa0.5As43+O6Cl2 · 5H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Isostructural with: 
Lucabindiite

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