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Vanadinite & Descloizite

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Vanadinite & Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Commercial Cramer Mine, Georgetown, Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Brown prismatic vanadinite crystals on 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

Descloizite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina