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Caledonite

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Caledonite

David Burgess Collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a rich small miniature with rich crystals of flat-lying caledonite on matrix from the Blue Bell Claims. Minor linarite is also present. Very rich sample from this locality and better than the photos show. David Burgess collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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