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Parabutlerite from
Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile


Description
Type Locality:Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile is the type locality for Parabutlerite
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Amer.Min.(1938) 23, 742-745; 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: 611.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Copiapite
Comments
Occurs as an 8 inch (~20 cm) thick bed over copiapite, from which it formed through alteration.
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