Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.

Caledonite whose name derives from Caledonia the historical name of its place of discovery (Scotland) is a richly colored blue-green sulfate-carbonate mineral of lead and copper with an orthorhombic crystal structure. It is an uncommon mineral found in the oxidized zones of copper-lead deposits.

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