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Vanadinite & Calcite

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Vanadinite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Hamburg Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very nice barrel-shaped red vanadinite crystals on a bed of transparent colorless calcite covering matrix. Very attractive and rare on the market!

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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