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Kröhnkite & Blödite

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Kröhnkite & Blödite

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Description
Locality: 
Unspecified Pit, La Negra, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
25.2 × 10 × 10 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Exceptional kröhnkite sample that stands out for having included a species of Chilean scorpion that was trapped in the crystallization process. Just between the matrix of kröhnkite and a crystal of blödite is this typical arachnid of the Chilean north. On the other hand the sample stands out for the tranlucid, which gives us the appearance of an Arctic ice.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kröhnkite

Formula: 
Na2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Blödite

Formula: 
Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria

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