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Miguelromeroite

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Description
Locality: 
Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Micromount of beautiful bladed pink miguelromeroite crystals in fan like formations.

Specimens from the Veta Negra mine, Chile, were originally labeled "villyaellenite". Miguelromeroite is a the Mn analogue of sainfeldite
and member of the Hureaulite Group.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miguelromeroite

Formula: 
MnMn2Mn2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Vic's Vugh Minerals