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Mawbyite

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Mawbyite

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Locality: 
Roter Berg, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

A good example of the rare lead-iron-zinc-arsenate mawbyite from Schneeberg, Saxony.
The sample has several cavities filled with tiny red-brown mawbyite crystals.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mawbyite

Formula: 
Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Cartils Minerals

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