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Embolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Chimberos Mine, Mantos de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Extremely rich embolite (Bromian Chlorargyrite) specimen with greybrown crystals all over the specimen.

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection and label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Embolite

Renamed To: 

Bromian Chlorargyrite

Formula: 
Ag(Cl,Br)
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0