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Bellingerite

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Bellingerite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.6 × 3.7 cm
Description

A specimen of the rare copper iodate bellingerite from it's type and only known locality.   This specimen features outcroppings of blue crystals on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bellingerite

Formula: 
Cu3(IO3)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.KC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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