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Bobierrite

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Bobierrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

Very good specimen hosting filigrane higly reflective bobierrite which can easily be bent. P-XRD confirmed material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bobierrite

Formula: 
Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile