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Raspite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Small but rich sample of raspite with many bright glassy orange-brown crystals on matrix, very difficult to photograph. A good example of this rare lead-tungstate from the Type Locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Raspite

Formula: 
Pb(WO4)
Strunz: 
4.DG.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Cartils Minerals

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