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Magnesiokoritnigite

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Magnesiokoritnigite

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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: 
2.1 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Pale to pink magnesiokoritnigite with lavendulan. 

References: Kampf, A.R., Nash, B. and Dini, M. (2013) Magnesiokoritnigite, IMA 2013-049. CNMNC Newsletter No. 17, October 2013, page 3001; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2997-3005; Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Dini, M., Molina Donoso, A.A. (2013): Magnesiokoritnigite, Mg(AsO3OH)•H2O, from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile: the Mg-analogue of koritnigite. Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3081-3092.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesiokoritnigite

Formula: 
Mg(AsO3OH)·H2O
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile