Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Carlosruizite is a sulfate or selenate – iodate mineral with chemical formula: K6(NaK)4Na6Mg10(SeO4)12(IO3)12·12H2O. It has a low density (specific gravity of 3.36) colorless to pale yellow transparent mineral which crystallizes in the trigonal crystal system. It forms a series with fuenzalidaite.It was first discovered in 1994 in the locality of Zapiga Tarapacá Region of Chile.