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Guanacoite from El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

 
Guanacoite from El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

Guanacoite from El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

Guanacoite from El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 69256
Mineral:Guanacoite
Locality:El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality for Guanacoite)
Description:Lustrous transparent blue bladed guanocoite crystals on brown matrix with minor green conichalcite. This large specimen could be split into small guanocoite specimens. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II)
Overall Size:8x5x3 cm
Crystals:0.4-1.2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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