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Plagionite & Dadsonite

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Plagionite & Dadsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Small prismatic and tabular plagionite crystals on matrix with acicular dadsonite crystals and quartz.

Plagionite is an uncommon antimony sulfosalt. To see under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plagionite

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

Dadsonite

Formula: 
Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Strunz: 
2.HC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Madoc area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
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