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Chudobaite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.15 cm
Description

Colourless lustrous chudobaite from an P-XRD analysed find (G. Möhn). 

Very rare!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chudobaite

Formula: 
(Mg,Zn)5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia