Mineral name
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Caracolite
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Sample 1997-4606 (to the left, size 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm) and 1997-4650 (to the right, size 4 x 4 x 2 cm), caracolite is a component of the crust of oxidation minerals |
Hölzel-No.
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7.BD.750 |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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Na2(NaPb2)[Cl/(SO4)3] |
Type locality
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Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, Beatriz mine |
Associated minerals
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"Percylite", anglesite, cotunnite, galenite |
Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Proben 1997-4606, 1997-4608, 1997-4650, 1998-6746 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Ueber Caracolit und Percylit.
Websky, M. (1886)
Sitzungsberichte der königlich preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Berlin, p. 1045 |
Notes / Further information
Mineral samples from the collection H. Renken (1886), additional samples of the same find registered as "percylite" (samples 1997-4577, 1997-4579, 1997-4580, 1997-4581, 1997-4582, 1997-4596, 1997-4597, 1997-4598, 1997-4599, 1997-4605) |
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