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Nealite & Phosgenite

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Nealite & Phosgenite

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Description
Locality: 
Vrissaki, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful orange nealite microcrystals with white phosgenite crystals in a vug of the antique slag.

Ex Wendland collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nealite

Formula: 
Pb4Fe2+(As3+O3)2Cl4·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JD.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Phosgenite

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