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Vanadinite & Descloizite

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Vanadinite & Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Keban Mine, Keban, Elâzığ Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Rarely seen vanadinite specimen from the Keban mine, Turkey. The sample also hosts brown descloizite micro-crystals. 

Comes with a handwritten label. 

 

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