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Lanarkite & Steverustite

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Lanarkite & Steverustite

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: 
2.3 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with nice clusters of lanarkite blades on matrix with minor white fibers of steverustite. Lanarkite is very rare at the locality and this is a good representative. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lanarkite

Formula: 
Pb2(SO4)O
Strunz: 
7.BD.40
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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

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