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Triazolite

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Triazolite

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Translucent intense blue triazolite, the unaltered form of the triazolate mineral group (chanabayaite and triazolite).

Chanabayaite is a transformational mineral species formed as a result of leaching Na and one third of Cl and partial dehydration of the protophase triazolite.

Mineral Data
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Triazolite

Formula: 
NaCu2(N3C2H2)2(NH3)2Cl3·4H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile