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Challacolloit
Size of the sample: 26 mm
Mineral: Challacolloite Hölzel-No.: 3.EB.150 Type of specimen: HT IMA-No. / Accepted: 2004-028 / 2004 Chemical formula: KPb2Cl 5 Type locality: Chile, Iquique, Challacollo, Challacollo Mine Associated minerals:
Cotunnite, uklonskovite, "percylite", hemimorphite, caracolite, anglesite, nitratine, anhydrite, fluorite, quartz Collection: Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg Catalogue−No. / Site: MMHH MD 38 / Tresor des Museums Nature of type specimen: Mineral specimen References:
The new mineral challacolloite, KPb2Cl5, the natural occurrence of a technically known laser material.
Schlüter, J., Pohl, D. and Britvin, S. (2005)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh. , Vol. 182/1 , 95-101 Notes / Further information:
Discovered by Arturo Molina Donoso, Iquique, Chile, on the dumps of the Challacollo mine in 2003. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/challacolloite.html
Cotunnite, uklonskovite, "percylite", hemimorphite, caracolite, anglesite, nitratine, anhydrite, fluorite, quartz Collection: Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg Catalogue−No. / Site: MMHH MD 38 / Tresor des Museums Nature of type specimen: Mineral specimen References:
The new mineral challacolloite, KPb2Cl5, the natural occurrence of a technically known laser material.
Schlüter, J., Pohl, D. and Britvin, S. (2005)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh. , Vol. 182/1 , 95-101 Notes / Further information:
Discovered by Arturo Molina Donoso, Iquique, Chile, on the dumps of the Challacollo mine in 2003. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/challacolloite.html
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