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Dittmarite

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

White masses of dittmarite. From analysed material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dittmarite

Formula: 
(NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Skipton Caves (Skipton lava caves; Mt Widderin Caves), Mt. Widderin (Anderson's Hill), Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia...