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Macphersonite

Rare Mineral

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Locality: 
Pinn'e Perda Stope, Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

specimen with a wonderful groups of colourless exagonal tabular crystals of the rare macphersonite on matrix.

from personal collection Luigi Chiappino.

For value the dimension of the crystals I remenber you that the photos of my specimens are taken at only 20/40 enlargement! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Macphersonite

Formula: 
Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BF.40
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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