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Vanadinite

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Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 9.5 × 3 cm
Description

Brick red micro crystalline vanadanite coating quartz termination's with minor pyromorphite on galena, quartz matrix.

A very good example for this locality.

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