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Terlinguaite Eglestonite & Calomel

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Terlinguaite Eglestonite & Calomel

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Description
Locality: 
Carolina Mine, Landsberg, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Excellent specimen with three Hg-bearing chlorides on matrix. The specimen hosts greenish blocky terlinguaite with orangebrown rounded eglestonite aggregates and on top a well-formed elongated whitish-grey calomel crystal in a small vug. German classic. Rarely seen in this beautiful and well crystallized combo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Terlinguaite

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)Hg2+2Cl2O2
Strunz: 
3.DD.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

Eglestonite

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)3OCl3(OH)
Strunz: 
3.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

Calomel

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)Cl2
Strunz: 
3.AA.30
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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