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Juansilvaite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Pink crystals of the extremely rare new mineral juansilvaite (IMA 2015-080) on a contrasting matrix and associated to blue lavendulane.

Only one locality known worldwide !!

Very nice under the microscope !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Juansilvaite

Formula: 
Na5Al3[AsO3(OH)]4[AsO2(OH)2]2(SO4)2·4H2
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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