| Locality type: | Cave |
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| Species: | Gypsum |
| Formula: | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gypsum data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cueva Lechuza de Campanario, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 842148 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:842148:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum |
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| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | âParede de Vidrios Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | âMina de Chulacao, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | âCueva Zorro Andina, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 26.3km (16.3 miles) | âVicuÃąa Seca Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 27.0km (16.8 miles) | âCressi Cave system, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 33.8km (21.0 miles) | âVentanas Cave, Cordillera de la Sal, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 71.9km (44.6 miles) | âEl Tatio geothermal field, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 81.0km (50.3 miles) | âEsperanza Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 85.7km (53.3 miles) | âSalar de Challviri (Boratera de Challviri), Sud LÃpez Province, PotosÃ, Bolivia |
| 93.3km (57.9 miles) | âLaguna Honda Sur, Sud LÃpez Province, PotosÃ, Bolivia |
| References |
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De Waele, J., Forti, P., Picotti, V., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Brook, G., & Cucchi, F. (2009). Cave deposits in Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama, Chile). Geological Constrains on the Onset and Evolution of an Extreme Environment: the Atacama area. Geoacta, Special Publication, 2, 113-117. De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc. |
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