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Tamarugite

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Tamarugite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

This type locality specimen is made up almost entirely of glittering tabular micro-crystals of tamarugite.

The close-up photo is an image of some of the crystals that fell from the specimen during preparation.

The ID of the specimen has been confirmed by EDS. See the analysis tab for the report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tamarugite

Formula: 
NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile...
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Tamarugite

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