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Corderoite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm
Description

Pale beige colored corderoite crystals in vugs of the matrix.

Very good specimen of a very rare species.

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