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Phoenicochroite & Schwartzembergite

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Phoenicochroite & Schwartzembergite

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Description
Locality: 
Unión Minera Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Colorful combination of minerals : phoenicochroite (deep red), schwartzembergite (yellow), boleite (blue) and crocoite (orange). Green mineral in the fifth photo is simply boleite that seems green for the nearby yellow of schwartzembergite. Very nice under the microscope!.

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...

Schwartzembergite

Formula: 
Pb5H2(IO2)O4Cl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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