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Canutite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Brownish-red canutite associated with lavendulane from the famous Torrecillas mine, Chile. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Canutite

Formula: 
NaMn3[AsO4][AsO3(OH)]2
Strunz: 
8.00.
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
Pale tan
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile