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Perite & Chlorargyrite

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Perite & Chlorargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

Yellowish green tiny scaly crystals of perite richly covering the matrix, associated with greyish brown blocky chlorargyrite crystals. Small but very good example of both species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perite

Formula: 
PbBiClO2
Strunz: 
3.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Chlorargyrite

Formula: 
AgCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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