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San Rafaël Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
© Knut Eldjarn
| Colour: | Sky-blue | Hardness: | 2½ |
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| Name: | After John Percy (1817-1889), English metallurgist. | ||
| A Mixture Of: | Boleite, Pseudoboleite | ||
Classification of Percylite | ||||||
| IMA status: | Questionable/Doubtful | |||||
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Physical Properties of Percylite | ||||||
| Lustre: | Vitreous | |||||
| Diaphaneity (Transparency): | Transparent | |||||
| Colour: | Sky-blue | |||||
| Streak: | Sky-blue | |||||
| Hardness (Mohs): | 2½ | |||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||
References for Percylite | ||||||
| Reference List: | Brooke (1850) Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: 36: 131. Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 81-82. Winchell, R.E. & Rouse, R.C. (1974): The mineralogy of the boleite group. The Mineralogical Record, 5, 280-287. Mineralogical Record (1998): 42. Burke, Ernest A.J. (2007) A Mass Discreditation of GQN Minerals. Canadian Mineralogist: 44(6): 1557-1560. | |||||
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Localities for Percylite | ||||||
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