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Seeligerite & Boleite

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Seeligerite & Boleite

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Nice specimen of several, bright yellow crystals and agregates of very rare (only ~5 regions in Chile!) Seeligerite - one of very few natural iodates mineral - with plenty of blue crystals and vein of Boleite on matrix. Analysed!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seeligerite

Formula: 
Pb3(IO3)OCl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Santa Ana Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Boleite

Formula: 
KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
Strunz: 
3.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

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