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Chudobaite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Outstanding white crystals of the very rare arsenate mineral chudobaite from a new discovery in Torrecillas mine, Chile.

Only two localities known worldwide !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chudobaite

Formula: 
(Mg,Zn)5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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