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Nitratine from
Punta de Lobos, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile


Locality type:Point
Classification
Species:Nitratine
Formula:NaNO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nitratine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Punta de Lobos, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1467294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1467294:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nitratine
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘPabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘOficina Virginia, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile
86.7km (53.9 miles) ⓘLolón Main Mine, Cerro Challacollo, Pozo Almonte, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile
87.0km (54.1 miles) ⓘZapiga deposit, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
94.3km (58.6 miles) ⓘCala Cala mine, Pozo Almonte, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile
References
Nestola, F., Camara, F., Chukanov, N. V., Atencio, D., Coutinho, J. M. V., Contreira Filho, R. R., Farber, G. (2012) Witzkeite: A new rare nitrate-sulphate mineral from a guano deposit at Punta de Lobos, Chile. American Mineralogist, 97 (10) 1783-1787 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4109
 
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