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Caledonite & Leadhillite

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Caledonite & Leadhillite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Beautiful caledonite crystals are set on matrix associatied with colorless leadhillite. Some very fine crystals here!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Leadhillite

Formula: 
Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BF.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK
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