coquimbite


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coquimbite

(kɒˈkɪmbaɪt)
n
(Minerals) mineralogy hydrated ferric sulphate found in certain rocks and in volcanic fumaroles
[C19: from Coquimbo, Chilean province where it was originally found, + -ite1]
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We did get a nice new Peruvian coquimbite from a flat of newfound specimens similar to those described by Tom Moore in the last Tucson Show report.
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines show 2010
As Jaroslav Hyrsl will soon explain in a new ''Peru Update" article, there was a find, in November-December 2009 in the Javier mine, Ayacucho Department, of what are probably the finest crystal specimens of coquimbite yet found anywhere in the world.
Tucson show 2010
The deposit has produced an attractive suite of colorful, well-crystallized, hydrous sulfates including coquimbite, halotrichite, krausite, metavoltine, potassium alum, quenstedtite, r^merite and voltaite.
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Coquimbite occurs rarely as pale violet-colored crusts.
The El Desierto sulfur Mine Potosi, Bolivia

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