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Phoenicochroite & Iranite

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Phoenicochroite & Iranite

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Description
Locality: 
Chimberos, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Description

Red phoenicochroite with iranite in cavities of quartz and galena. 

Analysed material. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phoenicochroite

Formula: 
Pb2(CrO4)O
Strunz: 
7.FB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Brick-red
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Iranite

Formula: 
Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.FC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Sebarz Mine (Sebraz Mine; Sebarg Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran