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Vanadinite With Descloizite

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Vanadinite With Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.3 × 3 cm
Description

Small brown vanadinite crystals on orange descloizite

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

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