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Alfredopetrovite

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Alfredopetrovite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

this new aluminum selenide, named after Alfredo Petrov, forms colorless to white acicular crystal crusts with pinkish ahlfeldite and blue chalcomenite as oxidation rims on massive penroseite

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Alfredopetrovite

Formula: 
Al2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia