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Leverettite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Leverettite crystals from Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Reference:

Kampf, A.R., Sciberras, M.J., Williams, P.A. and Dini, M. (2013) Leverettite, IMA 2013-011. CNMNC Newsletter No. 16, 2013, page 2703; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2695-2709; Kampf, A.R., Sciberras, M.J., Williams, P.A., Dini, M. & Molina Donoso, A.A. (2013): Leverettite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Provence, Chile: the Co-analogue of herbertsmithite. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 3047-3054.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leverettite

Formula: 
Cu3Co(OH)6Cl2
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile