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Caledonite

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Caledonite

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Description
Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

A fine, rich, sparkling  thumbnail specimen that has intense blue color, the colour caledonite is reknown for. This material acquired in 1972 in Tucson was from the original Collins Shaft ( Mine) and would have originally been collected around 1895.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK
Earthstones Australia

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