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Möhnite

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Tan crystal aggregates of the extremely rare new mineral möhnite (IMA 2014-101) from the only known locality worldwide. It is the ammonium analogue to aphthitalite.

Named in honour of the German amateur mineralogist Gerhard Möhn (born 1959). 

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Möhnite

Formula: 
(NH4)K2Na(SO4)2
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Type Locality: 
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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