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Aubertite

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Description
Locality: 
Queténa Mine, Chuquicamata, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Greenish blue crystals of the very rare sulphate aubertite from the type locality in Queténa.

Very hard to get speciemns from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aubertite

Formula: 
CuAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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