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Corderoite

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Description
Locality: 
Oriental Mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Description

Extremely rare mercury mineral (Hg3S2Cl2) known from only a few localities worldwide, being this Spanish locality the best by far, in size and quality of the crystals. Corderoite is present as sharp perfect tan crystals associated to massive cinnabar and malachite acicular crystals..

See an excellent article on the locality in Mineral Up 2007/1 p.46-49.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corderoite

Formula: 
Hg2+3S2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.15a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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