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Description: Kleinite, Calcite Locality: McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.9 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm. A very rich and exceptional 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.
Title: Kleinite-Calcite-285098
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