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Alfredopetrovite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

White aggregates of the extremely rare new selenium mineral alfredopetrovite (IMA 2015-026)  from the type and only known locality worldwide, the famous mine of El Dragon in Bolivia. The mineral is associated to pink ahlfeldite crystals and blue chalcomenite.

The mineral is named after the famous mineralogist and mineral dealer Alfredo Petrov.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alfredopetrovite

Formula: 
Al2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia

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