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Calderónite & Descloizite

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Calderónite & Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
C & B Mine, Christmas, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

Tiny red crystals of calderonite associated with larger, darker descloizite.   A few tiny pale colored crystals of vanadinite may be seen in association.   Collected by Joe Ruiz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calderónite

Formula: 
Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Las Colmenitas Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

Descloizite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina

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