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Plagionite

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Plagionite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

Sharp, grey metallic plagionite crystals in several vugs with black sphalerite crystals.

Very rare specimen from an unusual location.

Mineral Data
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Plagionite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb8S17
Strunz: 
2.HC.10b
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany