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Plagionite

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Locality: 
Mina Casualidad, Baños de Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 3.7 × 4.8 cm
Description

Plagionite is a rare Lead-Antimony Sulfosalt.

This very good specimen comes form a recently published location in Spain where a very limited number of specimens could be found between 1998 and 2009. It shows beautiful sharp plagionite crystals in a vug.

Specimen was XRD and electrone microprobe analyzed.

The recently published paper about the location is available for the buyer on request.

 

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