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Boulangerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Olympiada Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Fine specimen of acicular lead gray boulangerite crystals of bright metallic luster set with quartz crystals in quartz matrix cavity. Rare and now classic for the locality specimen.Upper levels of Olympiada mine were the source of the finest boulangerite specimens from Greece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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