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Crocoite: The Toxic Beauty

<h4 style="text-align: left;">Crocoite: The Beautiful, Toxic Mineral</h4><p style="text-align: left;">Crocoite is a lead chromate mineral with a brilliant orange-red color. Crocoite is a highly toxic mineral and can be harmful if ingested or inhaled. It is also a fire hazard and can ignite spontaneously when exposed to heat. It is a rare mineral that is typically found in hydrothermal veins and oxidized lead deposits. </p>Crocoite provides a nice color to the mineral kingdom and is well known for its distinctive orange-red color. Its main source of quality specimens comes from the Dundas District of Tasmania, Australia.<p>Crocoite is a rare lead chromate, known in the oxidation zone of lead deposits, especially those located near ultra-basic chromium-rich rocks. <br /><br />It was discovered at the Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines) near Ekaterinburg in the Urals in 1766; and <b>named</b> crocoise by F. S. Beudant in 1832, from the Greek κρόκος (krokos), <b>saffron</b>, in allusion to its color, a name first altered to crocoisite and afterwards to crocoite.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2Ji1VSACVylXEwwTsbTabgYtrGxitQHb4n1e5pYNeWk0qwsLBR4Z9U5CnH4z0pEvN8roVT82fbrbRPnhNaf3vceK5607rjL2udnUw3PFCa_-sca_Q1ILeGdTCFDULSshW9vaPXFVwci8gT1zlT0N71kHOwingTh-LkmWhTlJcNJXipgretu9yeZb/s1200/Crocoite.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Crocoite: The Beautiful, Toxic Mineral" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2Ji1VSACVylXEwwTsbTabgYtrGxitQHb4n1e5pYNeWk0qwsLBR4Z9U5CnH4z0pEvN8roVT82fbrbRPnhNaf3vceK5607rjL2udnUw3PFCa_-sca_Q1ILeGdTCFDULSshW9vaPXFVwci8gT1zlT0N71kHOwingTh-LkmWhTlJcNJXipgretu9yeZb/s16000-rw/Crocoite.webp" title="Crocoite from the Dundas extended mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crocoite from the Dundas extended mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia<br />Photo: Henk Smeets/Tomeik Minerals.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The relative rarity of crocoite is connected with the specific conditions required for its formation: an oxidation zone of lead ore bed and presence of ultramafic rocks serving as the source of chromium (in chromite). Oxidation o<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">f <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Cr</span><sup style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">3+</sup> into <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">CrO</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">4</sub><sup style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">2−</sup> </span></span>(from chromite) and decomposition of galena (or other primary lead minerals) are required for crocoite formation. These conditions are relatively unusual.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">As crocoite is composed of lead(II) chromate, it is <b>toxic</b>, containing both lead and hexavalent chromium. <br /><div style="margin: 0px auto; width: 100%;">
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</div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Properties of Crocoite:<br /></h4><p><b><span class="YrbPuc WGKbId BBwThe">Chemical Formula: </span></b><span>PbCrO₄</span><br /><b>Color</b> is bright orange-red to yellowish-red.<br /><b>Luster</b> is adamantine to greasy.<br /><b>Transparency</b>: Crystals are translucent to transparent.<br /><b>Crystal System</b> is monoclinic; 2/m<br /><b>Crystal Habits</b> include prismatic crystals somewhat square in cross-sections, often striated lengthwise. Terminations are usually poorly developed and appear uneven or pitted. Also, granular and columnar.<br /><b>Cleavage</b> is distinct in two directions lengthwise, prismatic.<br /><b>Fracture</b> is conchoidal and uneven.<br /><b>Hardness</b> is 2.5 - 3.<br /><b>Specific Gravity</b> is approximately 6.0+ (very heavy for translucent minerals)<br /><b>Streak</b> is orange-yellow.<br /><b>Other Characteristics</b>: Index of refraction is a very high 2.36<br /><b>Type Material: </b>Natural History Museum, Paris, France.<br /><b>Associated Minerals</b> are wulfenite, pyromorphite, cerussite, limonite and vanadanite.<br /><b>Notable Occurrences </b>include Dundas District, Tasmania, Australia; Ural Mountains, Russia and Inyo and Riverside Counties in California, USA.<br /><b>Best Field Indicators</b> are crystal habit, locality, density, high luster and color.<br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-Moa-MJm6g0yqutKWKdi3i3_PcjBIBFTg0t9Ua-y6tq9n5ixh3yhX0JnuFqGG9ZY_f_-zxN3nouRRRdrrRxZl7ss5hkksaX5UMcOYIQFuDBXxYdxZS4pxIQA8ShTMPhh2j5Hi0Qx6nOv2e44BFDIHcKHJBFLyAu76qC1ulvl8bqmVQunBNwiQc7T/s1200/Crocoite%20from%20the%20Red%20Lead%20Mine,%20Dundas,%20Tasmania,%20Australi%202.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Crocoite: The Beautiful, Toxic Mineral" border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" height="266" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-Moa-MJm6g0yqutKWKdi3i3_PcjBIBFTg0t9Ua-y6tq9n5ixh3yhX0JnuFqGG9ZY_f_-zxN3nouRRRdrrRxZl7ss5hkksaX5UMcOYIQFuDBXxYdxZS4pxIQA8ShTMPhh2j5Hi0Qx6nOv2e44BFDIHcKHJBFLyAu76qC1ulvl8bqmVQunBNwiQc7T/w400-h266-rw/Crocoite%20from%20the%20Red%20Lead%20Mine,%20Dundas,%20Tasmania,%20Australi%202.webp" title="Crocoite" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crocoite  crystals from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia<br />Photo: Eric Hunt/Flickr</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhfrFD8BbWZEfSDTBu9V0zjQadV4PVwezVy1LYgKZj6nRa3GQuzUsaAC4SEcVep7CEkbldmW4mVdLJzUpqgA8pxlEuG2TZ3u5vgvFXLnnjc5lqQvs9jwasxyzKW42c2vfdmIOOYCecsOxCqRobQyv1toDuSDTQ6E0Mlp_tFkCDHV3CGOpnVji1Th3/s1159/1266507115-Krokoit-Rotbleierz-Crocoite.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Crocoite: The Beautiful, Toxic Mineral" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1159" height="310" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhfrFD8BbWZEfSDTBu9V0zjQadV4PVwezVy1LYgKZj6nRa3GQuzUsaAC4SEcVep7CEkbldmW4mVdLJzUpqgA8pxlEuG2TZ3u5vgvFXLnnjc5lqQvs9jwasxyzKW42c2vfdmIOOYCecsOxCqRobQyv1toDuSDTQ6E0Mlp_tFkCDHV3CGOpnVji1Th3/w400-h310-rw/1266507115-Krokoit-Rotbleierz-Crocoite.webp" title="Crocoite  crystals from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crocoite  crystals from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia<br />Photo: Ingo Lange</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>

Crocoite: The Toxic Beauty

Crocoite: The Beautiful, Toxic Mineral Crocoite is a lead chromate mineral with a brilliant orange-red color. Crocoite is a highly toxic min...

Vanadinite

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<p></p>Vanadinite is formed as a<b> secondary mineral</b> in desert lead deposits often associated with mimetite and pyromorphite. When first found, vanadinite was recognized as a lead mineral with reference to its red or brown color, which explains why the type locality mineral for vanadium was called “plombo rojo” in Mexico.<p><br />First discovered in 1801 in <b>Mexico</b>, vanadinite deposits have since been unearthed in South America, Europe, Africa, and North America.<br /><br /><b>Vanadinite</b> is in the apatite group of phosphates, and forms a chemical series with the minerals pyromorphite <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(Pb</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">3</sub><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Cl)</span> and mimetite <span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(AsO</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">4</sub><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">3</sub><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Cl),</span> with both of which it may form solid solutions. Whereas most chemical series involve the substitution of metallic ions, this series substitutes its anion groups; phosphate <span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(PO</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">4</sub><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span>, arsenate <span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(</span>As<span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">O</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">4</sub><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span> and vanadate <span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(VO</span><sub style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">4</sub><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202122; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span>. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZykolvN5MZ6p5NYd9i0Ncv1fUeR5kIMQpvVGAD979JW1CMMSmML4qX3iM4nCZ9lzdlSxjNKCvILgiNLHa-_mwVWcxTtuaZxmCGqx0dVyWasB7E1L7hOPIsYOv_OrPnfw1bVKWfsI9OOZriRGHEAGdXJRZmrZ03Civozc45X1qKKdyFddWE2chaz3T/s1280/Vanadinite_-_ACF_mine,_Mibladen,_Morocco%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vanadinite: Gemmy Mineral" border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1280" height="279" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZykolvN5MZ6p5NYd9i0Ncv1fUeR5kIMQpvVGAD979JW1CMMSmML4qX3iM4nCZ9lzdlSxjNKCvILgiNLHa-_mwVWcxTtuaZxmCGqx0dVyWasB7E1L7hOPIsYOv_OrPnfw1bVKWfsI9OOZriRGHEAGdXJRZmrZ03Civozc45X1qKKdyFddWE2chaz3T/w400-h279-rw/Vanadinite_-_ACF_mine,_Mibladen,_Morocco%20(1).jpeg" title="Vanadinite: Gemmy Mineral" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanadinite: Gemmy Mineral. Cluster of reddish brown tabular vanadinite from ACF mine, Mibladen, Morocco<br />Photo: Ivar Leidus <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Vanadinite most often forms as simple hexagonal prisms of modest size as very attractive bright red to orange-red color crystals, although sometimes brown, red-brown, grey, yellow, or colourless. Its distinctive colour makes it popular among mineral collectors. Its streak can be either pale yellow or brownish-yellow. Vanadinite may be transparent, translucent or opaque, and its lustre can range from resinous to adamantine. <br /></p><p>Vanadinite is very brittle, producing small, conchoidal fragments when fractured. Its hardness is 3–4 on the Mohs scale, about the same as a copper coin. Vanadinite is particularly heavy for a translucent mineral.<br /></p><div style="margin: 0px auto; width: 100%;">
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</div><br />Vanadium is also <b>present</b> in crude oil, tar sands, and coal. <p></p><p>While vanadinite is described in the literature as an <b>uncommon</b> mineral, Morocco has made it more common in the recent years. <br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyiQ9qPoDZESlmPj-shieo_tEEYoYUn4QWWf7kUgAhdToC7Cenqw4G_EfoBiIQ7JTsbMi7qWH_442dK1Ar4eZuqlE7TLkPcKo6dLqze9gBpg8NsEgqjn-97adeKoMyUVmYi49RAnyGocjvjHViGXIHJpcbgKww4ZoNMJ46yjOLkqFQuAhu296Ae9w/s1080/Vanadinite%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vanadinite: Gemmy Mineral Killer vanadinite crystals from Morocco" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyiQ9qPoDZESlmPj-shieo_tEEYoYUn4QWWf7kUgAhdToC7Cenqw4G_EfoBiIQ7JTsbMi7qWH_442dK1Ar4eZuqlE7TLkPcKo6dLqze9gBpg8NsEgqjn-97adeKoMyUVmYi49RAnyGocjvjHViGXIHJpcbgKww4ZoNMJ46yjOLkqFQuAhu296Ae9w/w400-h400-rw/Vanadinite%20(1).jpg" title="Killer vanadinite crystals from Morocco" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Killer vanadinite crystals from Morocco

<br />Photo: Phdminerals/Diego Savard</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b>Class:</b> Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates<b><br />Member of: </b>Apatite Group<b><br />Chemical Formula: </b> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span> </span>Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl<br /></span><b>Crystal system: </b>Hexagonal<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><b>Color:</b> Bright red, orange, brown, yellow-brown, yellow, greenish-brown<br /><b>Mohs scale hardness: </b>  3–4<br /><b>Type Locality: </b>Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YKvu03zo_O3E6LmpEz4NxD8YT1De55luX6wfIZNcGdQwpIp3obO9BeT9UqM_6r-vruVPGyO5s6nylSo-uNhf9TIQIamL0YdC_R3QYadVZ5Nfyuxyo0jxxpx26hlCdSz-JxQJKiT8y-m-kltnAFknvVtjpRL4EJj9VwHqiSnEhufkVHMyjM8AmsMe/s960/Hexagonal%20Vanadinite%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vanadinite: Gemmy Mineral. Hexagonal Vanadinite crystals  on goethite matrix  Mibladen, Morocco" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="715" height="400" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YKvu03zo_O3E6LmpEz4NxD8YT1De55luX6wfIZNcGdQwpIp3obO9BeT9UqM_6r-vruVPGyO5s6nylSo-uNhf9TIQIamL0YdC_R3QYadVZ5Nfyuxyo0jxxpx26hlCdSz-JxQJKiT8y-m-kltnAFknvVtjpRL4EJj9VwHqiSnEhufkVHMyjM8AmsMe/w298-h400-rw/Hexagonal%20Vanadinite%20(1).jpg" title="Hexagonal Vanadinite crystals  on goethite matrix  Mibladen, Morocco" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Hexagonal Vanadinite crystals  on goethite matrix 
from Mibladen, Morocco
<br /></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Photo: Abdel Abdel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNrRwj8j6CbMdcZgpjonMp1vqBBzmGqr91qcij-TRQvOo0luZGlpzJeMT33F8dWohlz3O6nN-8CoRgdL9oUTFg1MFfi5gy-I7-jTKA4Sa_aII8F0Hr4kG6JIyTPtK3zaoL-IxCDdM3ZwLJi7CwMbFms5kzJ8yMIfv_xP0imDKIqg2lMgTSFAmrO4B/s1080/Vanadinite%20Crystal%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vanadinite Crystal Specimen from Mibladen, Morocco" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNrRwj8j6CbMdcZgpjonMp1vqBBzmGqr91qcij-TRQvOo0luZGlpzJeMT33F8dWohlz3O6nN-8CoRgdL9oUTFg1MFfi5gy-I7-jTKA4Sa_aII8F0Hr4kG6JIyTPtK3zaoL-IxCDdM3ZwLJi7CwMbFms5kzJ8yMIfv_xP0imDKIqg2lMgTSFAmrO4B/w400-h400-rw/Vanadinite%20Crystal%20(1).jpg" title="Vanadinite Crystal Specimen from Mibladen, Morocco" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanadinite Crystal Specimen from Mibladen, Morocco  <br />Photo: Exotic Crystals LLC</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwrkPRusyxsm88vM-o4-0GAiGAbUqG2vhZ_-1ukJM6EJrHsuZE6rPdepBR1OJHl86n-aP8LeiVr-LreGFd_M4SjqFRx-MxAVGW3kMV-T2bk3IEpyLny3ux44Wp6Kehlk6kP7lF97h2jgiiXwTaPUR1Ci-cmKDtIoXWXHpwz4SBVGvx-iARypDp1ck/s1080/Vanadinite%20crystals%20f.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vanadinite crystals from Taouz," border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1080" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwrkPRusyxsm88vM-o4-0GAiGAbUqG2vhZ_-1ukJM6EJrHsuZE6rPdepBR1OJHl86n-aP8LeiVr-LreGFd_M4SjqFRx-MxAVGW3kMV-T2bk3IEpyLny3ux44Wp6Kehlk6kP7lF97h2jgiiXwTaPUR1Ci-cmKDtIoXWXHpwz4SBVGvx-iARypDp1ck/w400-h360-rw/Vanadinite%20crystals%20f.jpg" title="Vanadinite crystals from Taouz," width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanadinite crystals from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco  <br />Photo: Applied Metaphysics</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn4yZrdl_mSh1stpWZ4SWE9OoO6gnVJLVNNFREp9EZKrGVqXnbdv2S5QHHKfAp37hBhLJ5CSq5F0_QhxXFqzUaR0ySzn2nSCiTTwBX5qmSQ7lZ7LZdx3Ugcjj2tR2Kf4wPIHiwbnoGV-rH3Up-xw9Hjjq9YMFoVT8bUBXhOv3zjGgqpo1FWhaLf1E/s1024/Arizona_Vanadinite%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn4yZrdl_mSh1stpWZ4SWE9OoO6gnVJLVNNFREp9EZKrGVqXnbdv2S5QHHKfAp37hBhLJ5CSq5F0_QhxXFqzUaR0ySzn2nSCiTTwBX5qmSQ7lZ7LZdx3Ugcjj2tR2Kf4wPIHiwbnoGV-rH3Up-xw9Hjjq9YMFoVT8bUBXhOv3zjGgqpo1FWhaLf1E/w400-h400-rw/Arizona_Vanadinite%20(1).jpeg" title="Hexagonal Prismatic Vanadinite Crystals From Geronimo Mine, Arizona, Usa." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Hexagonal Prismatic Vanadinite Crystals From Geronimo Mine, Arizona, USA. <br />Photo: Masha Milshina<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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11 Natural Antibiotics Foods

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Our ancestors had solutions for healing, utilizing natural antibiotics from nature which are still as valid now as they were then.<br />
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Before antibiotics were developed, there were foods and herbs that helped us guard against infection and disease on a daily basis.<br />
Indeed, many of these natural anti-bacterial defenders are still around today and are in use by holistic healers around the world.<br />
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Here Are 11 Natural Antibiotics<br />
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<li><b>Oregano and oil of oregano: </b></li>
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If you’ve ever had Italian food, the likelihood is that good that you’ve had oregano before, and you almost certainly didn’t even understand its health benefits.<br />
In addition to its bactericide properties, oregano additionally aids in digestion and with weight loss.<br />
Oil found in oregano, called Carvacrol, has also been found to fight bacteria that can lead to infection.<br />
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<li><b>Raw apple cider vinegar: </b></li>
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This has far-reaching benefits.<br />
Daily intake of apple vinegar includes antibiotic and antiseptic benefits, whereas naturally alkalizing your system.<br />
It also can help you manage your weight, lower your cholesterol and reduce your risk of developing cancer.<br />
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<li><b>Honey: </b></li>
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The ancient Romans knew of honey’s bactericide properties, using it to treat wounds and stop subsequent infections.<br />
And today, in countries all around the world, honey continues to be considered to be one of the most effective natural antimicrobials, anti-inflammatories, and antiseptics, in addition to its antibacterial properties.<br />
Truly, honey found in New Zealand (Manuka honey)  has been found to have the highest levels of curative abilities and antioxidants.<br />
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<li><b>Turmeric: </b></li>
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This brilliantly-colored spice is sapid, however, additionally has nice body protection qualities.<br />
In addition, turmeric can be both consumed and applied externally, which makes it a great all-around bacteria fighter.<br />
For further protection, you'll be able to combine turmeric with honey and make a paste to use to the skin.<br />
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<li><b>Garlic: </b></li>
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Once more, over simply a wonderful seasoning, the garlic plant has very powerful qualities.<br />
It will fight the respiratory disease, keeping germs at bay before they have an opportunity to infect you.<br />
The allicin compound which present in garlic can protect against parasites, bacteria, yeast, and more<br />
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<li><b>Grapefruit seed extract: </b></li>
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Consistent with the Journal of different and complementary medicine, a study found that grapefruit seed extract is effective against over 800 famous viruses and bacteria, as<br />
well as over a hundred strains of fungi and parasites.<br />
Besides boosting bactericide protection, this extract also alkalizes the body and improves gut flora.<br />
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<li><b>Echinacea: </b></li>
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Many of us aren't familiar with this product, however it actually has wonderful bactericide qualities.<br />
Found in kitchens, this herb has been proven to reduce the number of colds that the average person may experience in a lifetime.<br />
Echinacea has also been found to shorten the period of colds however is best taken as a preventative measure.<br />
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<li><b>Cabbage: </b></li>
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The cruciferous vegetable and sulfur compounds found in cabbage are effective to cancer, as are kale and broccoli, two other members of the same family.<br />
But cabbage also contains a huge quantity of vitamin C, with one cup providing up to 75 percent of your daily recommended allowance.<br />
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<li><b>Extra virgin coconut oil: </b></li>
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You must be using a lot of coconut oil anyway as a result of it’s far better for you (because it’s natural) than chemical-laced vegetable cooking oils, but in addition to<br />
that, extra virgin coconut oil has anti-microbial and anti-fungal properties and is packed with antioxidants. Use it to boost your immune system.<br />
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<li><b>Fermented foods: </b></li>
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Think unpasteurized cabbage, homemade pickles, kefir and probiotic yogurts – all of which renew our intestinal flora, which in turn protects against cancer and gives us greater ability<br />
to fight off infections.<br />
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<li><b>Colloidal silver: </b></li>
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This natural antibiotic is a mixture of silver particles that have been suspended in a fluid, and has been used for centuries.<br />
However, this treatment should solely be used on a short-term basis, because too much silver, a heavy metal, can be toxic as well.<div><br />
It works by stop the enzyme that single cell bacteria need in order to multiply.</div><div><br /></div><div>How Does Opal Get Its Color?</div>

11 Natural Antibiotics Foods

11 Natural Antibiotics Foods Our ancestors had solutions for healing, utilizing natural antibiotics from nature which are still as val...