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Chlorargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Grey chlorargyrite veinlets from the Chanarcillo mine, Atacama, Chile. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chlorargyrite

Formula: 
AgCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany