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Hanauerite In Hörnesite

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Hanauerite In Hörnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Brownish-black hanauerite intergrown with hörnesite from the Torrecillas mine, Chile. Analysis attached.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hanauerite

Formula: 
AgHgSI
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Hörnesite

Formula: 
Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Ciclova (Csiklova), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania
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