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Chambersite

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Chambersite

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Description
Locality: 
Venice Salt Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Classic pseudotetrahedral crystal of chambersite, 3 mm on edge, with very good lustre and intense purple colour. An euhedral, textbook floater crystal, in very good condition.

Acquired in 1971, it is an Ex. Georges Vanacker* (BE) specimen.

*Vanackerite (from Tsumeb) is named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chambersite

Formula: 
Mn2+3(B7O13)Cl
Strunz: 
6.GA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers Co., Texas, USA

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