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Canutite Magnesiokoritnigite & Lavendulan

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Canutite Magnesiokoritnigite & Lavendulan

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Exceptional colorful combination of two relatively new minerals : canutite (IMA 2013-070) and magnesiokoritnigite (IMA 2013-049): canutite occurs as sharp brown crystals whereas magnesiokoritnigite occurs as sharp pink crystals, both minerals associated to very nice deep blue lavendulan. Canutite is a one locality mineral worldwide.

Very nice under the microscope !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Canutite

Formula: 
NaMn3[AsO4][AsO3(OH)]2
Strunz: 
8.00.
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
Pale tan
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Magnesiokoritnigite

Formula: 
Mg(AsO3OH)·H2O
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Lavendulan

Formula: 
NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DG.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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