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Ammoniotinsleyite

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Ammoniotinsleyite

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Description
Locality: 
Lobos Mine, Punta de Lobos, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

pinkish crystals of up to 1 mm, in addition to colorless small gypsum crystals on large fracture zones in granodiorite. Pretty and richly specimens of the new rare Ammonium-Phosphates.

Mineral Data
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Ammoniotinsleyite

Formula: 
(NH4)Al2(PO4)2(OH)⋅2H2O
Hardness: 
4
Colour: 
Pink to pale violet
Isostructural with: 
Leucophosphite
Spheniscidite
Tinsleyite