Mineralpedia Details for Santarosaite
Santarosaite
The type locality of this mineral, the Santa Rosa mine in Chile, is its namesake as well as Santaosaite’s only locality of occurrence. It can be found at Santa Rosa mine “in the oxidation zone of a hydrothermal polymetallic vein deposit.” Santarosaite can be found in association with atacamite, malachite, wulfenite and anhydrite.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/santarosaite.pdf
- Formula
- CuB2O4
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Crystal Habit
- Globular
- Color
- vivid blue
- Streak
- pale blue
- Class
- Tetragonal - Scalenohedral
- Hardness
- -
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Santarosaite from Santa Rosa mine, Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Bright blue crust on matrix.
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