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Corderoite & Kenhsuite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mariquita Mine, Usagre, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

This is a very rich specimen of sharp and lustrous corderoite microcrystals on matrix from a classic and long closed mine in Southern Spain.

With tiny kenhsuite crystals ond cinnabar rich matrix.

Very rare minerals.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corderoite

Formula: 
Hg2+3S2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.15a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Kenhsuite

Formula: 
Hg2+3S2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.15b
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA