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Salesite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beautiful greenish-blue salesite groups in quartz cavities from the Chuquicamata, Chile. 

Mineral Data
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Salesite

Formula: 
Cu(IO3)(OH)
Strunz: 
4.KB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile