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Salesite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Outstanding green crystals of salesite , a very rare copper iodate found in only two localities worldwide both type locality and both in Antofagasta, Chile.

Iodates are extremely rare in Nature, since only 11 species are known (from more than 5000 known minerals).

Mineral Data
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Salesite

Formula: 
Cu(IO3)(OH)
Strunz: 
4.KB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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