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Schuetteite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 7.2 × 4 cm
Weight: 
245.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen of schuetteite on matrix from this classic Spanish site. Schuetteite is a very rare oxisulphate of mercury found long ago in the mine, nowadays it is no longer found because the mine is closed and restored

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schuetteite

Formula: 
Hg2+3(SO4)O2
Strunz: 
7.BB.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Oceanic Mine, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

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