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Guanacoite & Arhbarite

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Guanacoite & Arhbarite

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Description
Locality: 
Ramolinos Mine, Guanaco, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Acicular needles of guanacoite with arhbarite and conichalcite. On one side of the sample is appreciated a skeleton of enargite crystal replaced by a copper oxide, probably a conichalcite.

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

Arhbarite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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