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Guanacoite

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Description
Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Bright blue guanacoite from the El Guanaco min associated with dolomite.

SEM-EDS confirmed no 727. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guanacoite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg3(AsO4)2(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile