Kleinite on Calcite (rare mercury halide)

McDermitt Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
Miniature, 4.9 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Start Time: 07/03/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/11/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A very rich and showy specimen of bright canary-yellow, botryoidal kleinite on starkly contrasting, snow-white calcite matrix from the McDermitt Mine of Nevada. Kleinite is a very rare mercury halide, known from only 3 localities worldwide.

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