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Barstowite

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Barstowite

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Description
Locality: 
Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Acicular white crystals of the very rare mineral barstowite in a vug of an antique slag.

SEM-EDS analysed specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barstowite

Formula: 
Pb4Cl6(CO3)·H2O
Strunz: 
3.DC.95
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bounds Cliff, St Endellion, Wadebridge District, Cornwall, England, UK