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Lesukite

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Lesukite

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Description
Locality: 
Maria Mine, Caleta Vítor, Arica Province, Arica & Parinacota Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Intense neon yellow lesukite masses on matrix. Rich sample!
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lesukite

Renamed To: 

Cadwaladerite

Formula: 
Al5(H2O)3(OH)12·n(Cl,H2O)
Strunz: 
3.BD.05
Formula: 
Al2Cl(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.BD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...