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Santarosaite

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Santarosaite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Santarosaite on matrix. Rare 

References: Schlüter, J., Pohl, D., Golla-Schindler, U. (2008): Santarosaite, CuB2O4, a new mineral with disordered structure from the Santa Rosa mine, Atacama desert, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 185, 27-32.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Santarosaite

Formula: 
CuB2O4
Strunz: 
6.BD.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
pale blue
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile