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Vanadinite

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Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Lastonares Mines, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Lustrous brown and gemmy vanadinite crystals on matrix.

With minor black microcrystals of descloizite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zimapán, Mun. de Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico