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Triazolite

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Description
Locality: 
Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Outstanding deep blue acicular crystals of the new mineral triazolite (IMA 2017-025) associated to pale blue salmiac.

Triazolite has only been found in one locality worldwide. 

The second natural (mineral) triazolate to be discovered.

It is a metalorganic ammine complex in which 1,2,4-triazolate anion and ammonia molecule are ligands coordinating Cu2+.

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Triazolite

Formula: 
NaCu2(N3C2H2)2(NH3)2Cl3·4H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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