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Corderoite & Kenhsuite

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Corderoite & Kenhsuite

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Description
Locality: 
Oriental Mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Extremely rare mercury minerals corderoite and kenshuite (both 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 very pale yellowish sharp rhombododecahedral crystals associated to pink fibrous kenshuite.

Corderoite crystals are especially outstanding in this specimen (photo 2) since they're perfect.

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

Kenhsuite

Formula: 
Hg2+3S2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.15b
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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