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Descloizite

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Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5.3 × 3.3 cm
Description

Brownish to orange descloizite crystals on a mixture of calcite and dolomite. Some small smithsonite crystals are displayed over the descloizite.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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