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Nitratine

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Description
Locality: 
Salar de Miraje, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Snow white aggregate of sugary nitratine crystals from the saltpans of Miraje (Chile).

Acquired in 1977, it is an Ex. Gerard Vogel specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nitratine

Formula: 
NaNO3
Strunz: 
5.NA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tarapacá Region, Chile

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