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Vauquelinite & Crocoite

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Vauquelinite & Crocoite

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Description
Locality: 
Berezovsk Mines, Ekaterinberg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 6 × 6.5 cm
Description

This is a unique and very good vauquelinite specimen from Berezovsk., Russia.

The specimen was collected by the famous Swedish mineralogist Gustav Flink 1889 and shows beautiful black vauquelinite crystals and red crocoite crystals.

Vauquelinite has been verified by PXRD.

Very rare and good old specimen !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vauquelinite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Crocoite

Formula: 
Pb(CrO4)
Strunz: 
7.FA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...