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Bakhchisaraitsevite

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Bakhchisaraitsevite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Mejillones, Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Rare Bakhchisaraitsevite crystals on matrix. New find from Chile. 

Crystals are much more defined and better than from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bakhchisaraitsevite

Formula: 
Na2Mg5(PO4)4·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...