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Vauquelinite

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Vauquelinite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

A nice specimen of bright yellow Vauquelinite on a matrix, with associated Mimetite and/or Wulfenite, from the famous Blue Bell Mine, in California

 

This specimen is from the collection of Jerry Baird (who had Bairdite named after him)

  

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vauquelinite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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Purchases are expected to be paid within 48 hours, unless prior arrangements have been made (such as bidding on more items).  

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