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Caledonite

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Caledonite

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Description
Locality: 
Oberschulenberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

This specimen shows blueish, prismatic crystals of caledonite from glücksrad mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK