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Schwartzembergite

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Schwartzembergite

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Description
Locality: 
Beatriz Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Orange-yellow schwartzembergite crystals.  Of 5000 mineral species known only 26 are iodine minerals. Schwartzembergite is one of these 26 since it is a iodine mineral !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schwartzembergite

Formula: 
Pb5H2(IO2)O4Cl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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