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Descloizite Limonite & Calcite

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Descloizite Limonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm
Description

Amazing contrast of dark descloizite, shiny orange limonite and white calcite from Portugal.

Interesting growth and good size.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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