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Blödite & Kröhnkite

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Blödite & Kröhnkite

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Description
Locality: 
Unspecified Pit, La Negra, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

Perfect crystals of blödite accompanied by semi translucent crystals of krohnkite. By putting the light behind the sample shows the purity of the specimen, an Antarctic ice appears.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blödite

Formula: 
Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria

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

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