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Sampleite from
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Description
Type Locality:	Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile is the type locality for Sampleite
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Hurlbut, C.S., Jr. (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. American Mineralogist: 27: 586-589; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 946.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Atacamite Gypsum Jarosite Libethenite Limonite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Sampleite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
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