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Palmierite & Glauberite

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Palmierite & Glauberite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Ana Mine, Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Colourless to white palmierite with glauberite from the Santa Ana mine, Tocopilla, Chile. 

SEM-EDS confirmed no 2962, 2963

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palmierite

Formula: 
(K,Na)2Pb(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.AD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Glauberite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
El Castellar Mine, Villarrubia de Santiago, Ocaña, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain