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Lópezite

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Description
Locality: 
Huara, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.03 × 0.03 × 0.03 cm
Description

EXTREMELY SMALL orange single crystal specimen of the extremely rare chromate mineral lopezite on a broken capsule from the type locality in Tarapaca.

Only 5 known localities worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lópezite

Formula: 
K2[Cr2O7]
Strunz: 
7.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Huara, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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