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Seeligerite & Diaboleite

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Seeligerite & Diaboleite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow to orange, lenticular seeligerite crystals in several vugs of the quartz matrix. With beautiful blue diaboleite crystals.

Rare !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seeligerite

Formula: 
Pb3(IO3)OCl3
Strunz: 
4.KB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Santa Ana Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, 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