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Vauquelinite & Fornacite

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Vauquelinite & Fornacite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Vaquelinite and fornacite (both analysed) crusts on matrix from a recent limited specimens find of  these very rare for Lavrion minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vauquelinite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Fornacite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Renéville Mine (Djoué Mines), Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

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