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Descloizite

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Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm
Weight: 
26.00gr
Description

Beautiful aggregate of very bright small crystals of Descloizite of metallic luster, orthorhombic crystalline system, on a matrix of limonite, most of them doubly terminated, forming sharp dipyramids. The specimen is very aesthetic with well-defined faces and edges, being a clear example of the type of Descloizite found in the Preguiça mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Descloizite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina

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