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Wheatleyite

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Wheatleyite

EDS & Raman confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.25 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Pale blue wheatleyite with blue antipinite from Chile. Second locality in the world. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wheatleyite

Formula: 
Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
10.AB.30
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Wheatleyite
Analysis Report - only: Wheatleyite
Analysis Report - only: Wheatleyite