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Taranakite

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Taranakite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Mejillones, Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Massive white taranakite from analysed material. G. Möhn specimen. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Taranakite

Formula: 
(K,NH4)Al3(PO4)3(OH)·9H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.25
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sugar Loaves Islands, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand