Formula : K3Na4Mg[B24O39(OH)/CrO4] * 12 H2O
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.
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