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Vauquelinite

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Vauquelinite

Ex Klaus Petitjean collection

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Description
Locality: 
Katzenstein, Raidelbach, Odenwald, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very rich coverage of green to olive-green platy crystals of the uncommon lead-copper-chromate vauquelinite on quartz matrix.
Excellent for the species and locality. Collected in 1989.
Ex Klaus Petitjean collection.

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...
Cartils Minerals

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