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Ammineite & Eugsterite

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Ammineite & Eugsterite

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

The ammineite forms nice blue crystallized aggregates in the halite matrix cavities, and the eugsterite forms sprays of needles.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ammineite

Formula: 
[CuCl2(NH3)2]
Strunz: 
3.C0.
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Eugsterite

Formula: 
Na4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.25
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Karapinar, Great Konya Basin, Konya Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

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