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Arsenatian Vanadinite

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Arsenatian Vanadinite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.7 × 10.4 × 5.7 cm
Weight: 
680.00gr
Description

A big and good representative specimen of brown-caramel coloured, fibrous crystals of vanadinite (variety arsenatian vanadinite) on matrix, with very good resinous lustre, that is partially covered by white calcite crystals. Classic Mexican locality.

Ex René Virlet collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenatian Vanadinite

Variety Of: 

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
Pb5[(V,As)O4]3Cl
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0

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