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Ameghinite

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Ameghinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes, Salta, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Outstanding white and colorless crystals of the rare Na borate mineral ameghinite from the type and only known locality worldwide in Argentina.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ameghinite

Formula: 
Na(H4B3O7)
Strunz: 
6.CA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina

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