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Metahohmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

A container of powdery metahohmannite from its type locality in Chile. Dimensions are those of the plastic ampule.

Acquired in 1978, it is an Ex. Georges Vanacker* specimen.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb is named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metahohmannite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(SO4)2O·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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