Salesite
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Salesite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Cu(IO3)(OH) (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
- Tagged
- copper
Excellent, euhedral single crystals from 1-2mm showing all the good forms and plenty of them. There is also minor green Krohnkite crystals. Salesite crystals such as these are rare. Ex. Wouter I. Van Tichelen and Kext England.
Salesite
- Formula
- Cu(IO3)(OH)
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Prismatic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- blue green, dark green
- Streak
- light green
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle
- Hardness
- 3
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