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Phoenicochroite & Seeligerite

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Phoenicochroite & Seeligerite

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Intense red crystal of phoenicochroite on quartz matrix, acompanied by seeligerite and diaboleite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phoenicochroite

Formula: 
Pb2(CrO4)O
Strunz: 
7.FB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Brick-red
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Seeligerite

Formula: 
Pb3(IO3)OCl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Santa Ana Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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