Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Kröhnkite

Views:
Watches:
PDM880200

Kröhnkite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
San Lorenzo Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Cluster of blue lustrous translucent kröhnkite crystals, some with crystal faces. The San Lorenzo mine, that was situated at the San Lorenzo hill, was destroyed in the 1970’s after the huge expansion of the Chuquicamata open pit, that is the biggest of the world.

Ex Robert Jakob specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kröhnkite

Formula: 
Na2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps