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Santarosaite

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Santarosaite from Santa Rosa mine, Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile - CL62496
Santarosaite from Santa Rosa mine, Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile - CL62496

Santarosaite

#CL62496
Availability
Sold
Size
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm - Miniature 
Formula
CuB2O4 (RRUFF)
Locality
Santa Rosa mine, Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Tagged
copper

The Santarosaite is all of the blue "beady" crystals. Santarosaite is a very rare copper borate.   Santarosaite is a one-locality mineral worldwide. 

Type Locality

Santarosaite

Formula
CuB2O4 
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Crystal Habit
Globular 
Color
vivid blue 
Streak
pale blue 
Class
Tetragonal - Scalenohedral 
Hardness
- 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Chet S. Lemanski, Jr. Collection
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