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Sampleite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Sharp blue sampleite crystals from the type locality in Chuquicamata in a contrasting matrix.

Sharp sampleite crystals like the one in photo 1 are uncommon.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
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Sampleite

Formula: 
NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DG.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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