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Bendadaite

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Bendadaite

SEM-EDS ver. material

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Description
Locality: 
Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.2 cm
Description

Rare SEM-EDS confirmed brownish-green bendadaite with minor erythrite from the Veta Negra mine. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bendadaite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal