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Edoylerite & Eglestonite

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Edoylerite & Eglestonite

Edward H. Oyler
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Description
Locality: 
Clear Creek Claim, Goat Mountain, New Idria, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.1 cm
Description

A rare specimen of edoylerite from Ed Oyler.   This specimen features a small mass of edoylerite with eglestonite scattered about.   Edoylerite is a rare chromate of mercury known only from the Clear Creek Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Edoylerite

Formula: 
Hg2+3(CrO4)S2
Strunz: 
7.FB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Eglestonite

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)3OCl3(OH)
Strunz: 
3.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
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