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Iquiqueite on nitratine - Salar de Miraje, María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
(#:MINS8958)
Yellow mass up to 1.5 mm of minutely crystallazed iquiqueite on colorless nitratine. Very rare.
Formula :
K
3
Na
4
Mg[B
24
O
39
(OH)/CrO
4
] * 12 H
2
O
System:
hexagonal
Hardness:
2
Rarity:
very rare
Strunz id:VI/F.3-10 - SULFATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES and TUNGSTATES
Name origin:
Named for the city of Iquique (pronounced ee-KEE-kay) in 1986. It was a major historic port for nitrate shipments from Tarapacá, Chile from the 1830s until the 1930s.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size: 43mm x 34 mm x 40 mm
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