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Calderónite & Native Gold

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Calderónite & Native Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Mariposa, Mariposa County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman verified calderonite with mimetite and kintoreite. 

Analysis attached (kintoreite & vanadinite). The vanadinite is almost colourless and kintoreite is pale green. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calderónite

Formula: 
Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Las Colmenitas Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Calderónite & Native Gold
Analysis Report - only: Calderónite & Native Gold