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Phoenicochroite & Schwartzembergite

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Phoenicochroite & Schwartzembergite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm
Description

Deep red phoenicochroite microcrystals on and with orange-yellow schwartzembergite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phoenicochroite

Formula: 
Pb2(CrO4)O
Strunz: 
7.FB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Brick-red
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Schwartzembergite

Formula: 
Pb5H2(IO2)O4Cl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile