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Calderónite

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Calderónite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Maria Luisa Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful honeybrown to orange-red microcrystals of the very rare new species Calderónite from the type locality.

Rich specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calderónite

Formula: 
Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Las Colmenitas Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain