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Nafeasite

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Description
Locality: 
Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Colourless nafeasite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique, Chile. 
Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nafeasite

Formula: 
Na3Fe3+3(AsO3OH)6 · 3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CF.
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 3
Type Locality: 
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile