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Plumbotsumite

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Plumbotsumite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Molérats Mine, Saint-Prix, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Small gemmy plumbotsumite microcrystals on matrix.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plumbotsumite

Formula: 
Pb13(CO3)6(Si10O27)·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.HH.20
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia