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Hectorfloresite

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Description
Locality: 
Cala Cala Mine, Pozo Almonte, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Aggregates of white microcrystals of the very rare iodine mineral hectorfloresite in a matriz of colorless nitratine. Hectorfloresite is only known in 3 Chilean localities worldwide. 

Iodine minerals are extremley rare in Nature. Of 5000 species known only 25 are I-minerals ! (from MINDAT).

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hectorfloresite

Formula: 
Na9(SO4)4(IO3)
Strunz: 
7.BD.60
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Alianza Mine (Rajo No. 13), Oficina Victoria, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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