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Steverustite

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Description
Locality: 
Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Pontrhydygroes, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

A small but very good specimen of steverustite, a rare copper-lead-sulfate, from the Type Locality. The specimen has a good coverage of tiny white lath-like crystals of steverustite associated with some cream coloured masses of suzannite on matrix.

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
Cartils Minerals

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