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Kenhsuite & Corderoite

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Kenhsuite & Corderoite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very good specimen of the very rare and usually extremely small mineral kenhsuite showing a cluster of 1 mm "large" crystals together with beautiful sharp dodecahedral crystal of corderoite.

From the worlds best kensuite locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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