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Canutite & Magnesiokoritnigite

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Canutite & Magnesiokoritnigite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Extraordinary sample of coffee-candy color of canutite, noted for the undamaged crystals, and acompanied by semi translucent platy crystals of magnesiokoritnigite and nodules of lavenlulan on matrix. Great combinations of colors of the samples of the Torrecilla mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Canutite

Formula: 
NaMn3[AsO4][AsO3(OH)]2
Strunz: 
8.00.
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
Pale tan
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Magnesiokoritnigite

Formula: 
Mg(AsO3OH)·H2O
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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