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Schwartzembergite & Boleite

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Schwartzembergite & Boleite

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Description
Locality: 
Beatriz Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

Outstanding orange schwartzembergite crystals associated to blue boleite in a colorful combination of minerals.

From more than 5000 mineral species known, only 28 are iodine minerals. Schwartzembergite is one of these 28 since it is a iodine mineral !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schwartzembergite

Formula: 
Pb5H2(IO2)O4Cl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Boleite

Formula: 
KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
Strunz: 
3.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

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