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Tourmaline from
Agua Colgada quarry, Sierra La Totora district, Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Agua Colgada quarry, Sierra La Totora district, Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:535417
Long-form Identifier:1:3:535417:7
GUID (UUID V4):0c943223-8f72-4849-b424-a56ec03a7e37
References
"Estudios geológico del sector de Freirina
UN, Chile.
Bournat C. (1974)
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Lauf, Robert J. (2009) Schiffer Earth Science Monographs - Collector's Guide to the Three Phases of Titania - Rutile, Anatase, and Brookite - Schiffer Earth Science Monographs No. 6. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA.
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dug out with bare hands. At the Agua olgada quarry, Atacama Region, Chile, rutile is found in agmatite veinlets...recently been reported from the Borborema pegmatitic province in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (Beurten et al...(leucotonalite) veinlet at the Agua Colgada quarry, Freirina, Atacama Region, Chile. Specimen is about 6 cm...Titania in Metamorphic Rocks The Onganja mining district, Namibia, perhaps more noteworthy to collectors...California, brookite and Sri Lanka; Cameroon; and Sierra Leone. Anatase is found anatase are found in lateritic
 
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