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Sobotkite

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Sobotkite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cuya, Los Camarones, Arica Province, Arica & Parinacota Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Pale pink crystal aggregates of sobotkite from Chile.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sobotkite

Variety Of: 

Saponite

Formula: 
Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Formula: 
(K,Ca0.5)0.33(Mg0.66Al0.33)3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·1-5H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0

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