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Bellingerite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.2 cm
Description

Grass green crystals of the extremely rare mineral bellingerite, a copper iodate of composition Cu3(IO3)6·2H2O. Iodates are extremely rare in Nature, since only 12 species are known (of 5000 known minerals !!, source MINDAT). Only one known locality worldwide !.

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Bellingerite

Formula: 
Cu3(IO3)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.KC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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