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Haydeeite

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Description
Locality: 
Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

Intense blue haydeeite partly coated by halite. Rare mineral, famous for its interesting magnetic behaviour at deep temperature. Spin liquid candidate with suggested magnetic frustration. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haydeeite

Formula: 
Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DA.10c
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile