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Bonattite

Rare Mineral

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

Sky blue crystals of the rare mineral bonattite. Visible crystals of this species are rare, but this specimen have a few of them (see first photo).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bonattite

Formula: 
CuSO4·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Macei stope, Cape Calamita Mine (Calamita Mine), Capoliveri, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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