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Thorikosite Ecdemite & Blixite

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Thorikosite Ecdemite & Blixite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion Slag Localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

Type locality specimen of thorikosite microcrystals associated with microcrystals of ecdemite, blixite, and possibly sprays of acicular aragonite in small vugs.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorikosite

Formula: 
Pb3Cl2(OH)(SbO3,AsO3)
Strunz: 
3.DC.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Thorikos Bay slag locality, Thorikos area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Ecdemite

Formula: 
Pb6Cl4(As2O7)
Strunz: 
3.DC.65
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Blixite

Formula: 
Pb2(O,OH)2Cl
Strunz: 
3.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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