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Dittmarite

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Dittmarite

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Colourless dittmarite on halite. This  material was characterized by EDS & XRD.

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...