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Lemanskiite

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Description
Locality: 
Abundancia Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Very fine electric blue flat lying platy crystals of lemanskiite on matrix.

Lemanskiite is rather a rare mineral occurring in only a few localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lemanskiite

Formula: 
NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DG.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
Sky Blue
Streak: 
Sky blue
Type Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
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