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Schwartzembergite Diaboleite & Bellite

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Schwartzembergite Diaboleite & Bellite

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Description
Locality: 
La Poderosa Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm
Description

A rich specimen hosting bladed orange crystals of schwartzembergite, blue diaboleite, and red acicular bellite, a chromium bearing variety of mimetite.   One vug hosts and excellent diaboleite microcrystal surrounded by schwartzembergite blades.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schwartzembergite

Formula: 
Pb5H2(IO2)O4Cl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cachinal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Diaboleite

Formula: 
Pb2CuCl2(OH)4
Strunz: 
3.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK

Bellite

Variety Of: 

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
Pb5 (AsO4,CrO4, SiO2)3Cl
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0

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