Bandylite

very crumbly yellow, powdery sodium betpakdalite with minor grains of bandylite to less than 0.75 mm
Origin: Palestina, Atacama, Chile
Sample size: about 2 cm
 
  
Green grains to 3 mm in matrix. Acquired by Kidwell in 1957 from Scott Williams.
Origin: Queténa Mine, Calama, El Loa Prov., Antofagasto, Chile (type locality)
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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