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Humberstonite

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Description
Locality: 
Oficina Alemania, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Hundreds of specimens (about 0,1-0,3 mm each) of the very rare sulphate-nitrate mineral humberstonite from the TL in Chile, all of them in a capsule.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Humberstonite

Formula: 
Na7K3Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Oficina Alemania, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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