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Caledonite Elyite & Lanarkite

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Caledonite Elyite & Lanarkite

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Description
Locality: 
Churfürst Ernst Mine, Bönkhausen, Sundern, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Lustrous blue caledonite crystals with purple acicular elyite crystals with white lanarkite needles on galena ( For original close-up photo contact us )

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Elyite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.65
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Purple
Type Locality: 
Caroline tunnel, Ward mine (Silver King mine), Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Lanarkite

Formula: 
Pb2(SO4)O
Strunz: 
7.BD.40
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK