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Uklonskovite & Caracolite

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Uklonskovite & Caracolite

SEM-EDS confirmed no 728a

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Description
Locality: 
La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.15 × 0.15 cm
Description

Colourless uklonskovite (dark in BSE) associated with white caracolite (bright in BSE) on carbon pad. Original probed specimen no 728a. 

Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uklonskovite

Formula: 
NaMg(SO4)F·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kushkanatau salt deposit, Lower Amu Darya River (Amydar'ya), Karakalpakstan Respublikasi (Qaraqalpog'iston), Uzbekistan...

Caracolite

Formula: 
Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
7.BD.20
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Beatriz Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile