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Cotunnite

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Cotunnite

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Description
Locality: 
Lolon Mine, Challacollo, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Very beautiful analysed cotunnite crystals from the Challacollo mine. 

The yellow masses turned out to be oxyplumboromeite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cotunnite

Formula: 
PbCl2
Strunz: 
3.DC.85
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Cotunnite