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Phoenicochroite

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Phoenicochroite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Beatriz Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

<p>Deep red phoenicochroite microcrystals on and with orange-yellow schwartzembergite crystals.</p> <p>Beautiful !</p>

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...