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Anglesite & Phosgenite On Galena

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Anglesite & Phosgenite On Galena

ex collection Wilke
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 5.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Very good, classic specimen with two outstanding anglesite crystals up to 1.1 cm in one vug (there are several other anglesite crystals) and a big, blocky phosgenite crystal of 1.2 cm in another.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Phosgenite

Formula: 
Pb2CO3Cl2
Strunz: 
5.BE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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