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Guanacoite from Mina El Guanaco, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

 
Guanacoite from Mina El Guanaco, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

Guanacoite from Mina El Guanaco, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

Guanacoite from Mina El Guanaco, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 29659
Mineral:Guanacoite
Locality:Mina El Guanaco, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)
Description:Many prismatic crystals of blue guanocoite in radiating sprays on chrysocolla matrix. Has label from the original discoverer of this new mineral species, accepted by the IMA in 2003.
Overall Size:4.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:.5-1.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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