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Calderónite & Descloizite

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Calderónite & Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Las Colmenitas Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

some vugs filled with tiny orange calderonite  and brown descloizite crystals ; self collected on 2008

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calderónite

Formula: 
Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Las Colmenitas Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

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