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Corderoite

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Corderoite

XRD analysed

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Description
Locality: 
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

The true locality is Portesuelo Codocedo, Copiapo. This is an intermixture of cinnabarite, corderoite in quartz/cristobalite which has been XRD verified. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corderoite

Formula: 
Hg2+3S2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.15a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA