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Leverettite

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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 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Free standing crystals of the very rare relatively new mineral leverettite (IMA 2013-11, a copper cobalt oxychloride) from the only known locality worldwide.

Analyzed by EDS.

Usually new minerals are not very pretty but this one is really nice under the microscope, so it is new, it is rare and it is wonderful!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leverettite

Formula: 
Cu3Co(OH)6Cl2
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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