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Description
Locality: 
Santa Catalina Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Blue sampleite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sampleite

Formula: 
NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DG.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile