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Bismoclite

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Description
Locality: 
Alacrán Mine, Pampa Larga, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Well shaped bismoclite crystals on matrix with some cubic minor greenish greenockite. 

 

References: 

Möhn, G. & Desor, J. SEM-EDS analysis on chilean material 2016. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismoclite

Formula: 
(BiO)Cl
Strunz: 
3.DC.25
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
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