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Steverustite & Susannite

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Steverustite & Susannite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with vugs hosting tiny white sprays of extremely rare steverustite with small balls and hexagonal yellow crystals of susannite from my small find of this rare species last year. Very few samples were recovered! Verified by PXRD and EDS. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steverustite

Formula: 
Cu+Pb2+5(S2O3)3(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.JA.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Frongoch Mine (Bron-y-Goch Mine; Llawynwnwch Mine), Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK

Susannite

Formula: 
Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BF.40
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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