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Brackebuschite & Descloizite

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Brackebuschite & Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Venus Mine, El Guaico District, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with rich, orange crystals of descloizite with groups of tiny bladed calderonite/brackebuschite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brackebuschite

Formula: 
Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Venus Mine, Venus Pb-Zn deposit, El Guaico district, Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina

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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