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Ulexite

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Description
Locality: 
Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Weight: 
27.10gr
Description

5 earthy, chalky pieces of "Boronatrocalcit" in a glass vial with cork stopper. It shows a powdery, sugar-like structure (see pics 3+4).

Comes with a beautiful old label of the K.S. (Königlich-Sächsische) Mineralien-Niederlage zu Freiberg, (Royal saxon mineral repository, Freiberg), dated appr. 1880-1920.

Borocalcit = ulexite, Dana 7th II, 345 (1951).'Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile' is the type locality for ulexite.

The size is given for the vial, the size of the specimens range from appr. 1.5 to 2.5 cm. Weight is given for the vial incl. content.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ulexite

Formula: 
NaCa[B5O6(OH)6]·5H2O
Strunz: 
6.EA.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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14.50
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19.50
Rest of Europe 2 kg trackable&insured
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26.50
Australia 2 kg trackable&insured
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