Caledonite

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Photos of Caledonite (692)
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Caledonite

Reward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
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Caledonite

Comet Mine, Elkhorn Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

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Caledonite, etc.

Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

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About CaledoniteHide
Formula:Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6Colour:Dark blue to bluish-green; light bluish green
in transmitted light.Lustre:Vitreous, ResinousHardness:2� - 3Specific Gravity:5.75
- 5.77Crystal System:OrthorhombicName:Named in 1832 after "Caledonia," an ancient
name for Scotland, in view of the initial discovery of the species in Scotland.Type
Locality:? Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

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Classification of CaledoniteHide
IMA status:Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
Strunz 8th ed.:6/B.09-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:7.BC.50

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)

B : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2O
C : With medium-sized and large cations
Dana 7th ed.:32.3.2.1
Dana 8th ed.:32.3.2.1

32 : COMPOUND SULFATES
3 : Anhydrous Compound Sulfates containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
Hey's CIM Ref.:12.2.15

12 : Carbonates with other anions

2 : Carbonates with sulphate