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Wattersite

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Description
Locality: 
Clear Creek Claim, Goat Mountain, New Idria, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

Black wattersite with cinnabar.   A fine example of this rare mercury chromate.

Mineral Data
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Wattersite

Formula: 
(Hg+2)2Hg2+(CrO4)O2
Strunz: 
7.FB.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

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