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Santarosaite

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Santarosaite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Beautiful blue botryoids of santarosaite, nicely isolated on matrix, from the type and only known locality for this copper borate.

Mineral Data
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Santarosaite

Formula: 
CuB2O4
Strunz: 
6.BD.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
pale blue
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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