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Kleinite

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Kleinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cordero Mine, Opalite District, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 3 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

pretty specimens with yellowish crystals of 3 mm very rich on vugs in tan Jasplite matrix. Very nice specimens of the rare mercury halide, collected in the early

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What's on the rock

Kleinite

Formula: 
(Hg2N)(Cl,SO4)·nH2O
Strunz: 
3.DD.35
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA