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Torrecillasite & Cuatrocapaite-(NH4)

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Torrecillasite & Cuatrocapaite-(NH4)

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Colourless sprays of torrecillasite (very good!) with pseudohexagonal cuatrocapaite-NH4 (verified!). 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torrecillasite

Formula: 
Na(As,Sb)3+4O6Cl
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Cuatrocapaite-(NH4)

Formula: 
(NH4)3(NaMg☐)(As2O3)6Cl6·16H2O
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile