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Anglesite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.2 × 4.6 cm
Description

This specimen features highly lustrous and sparkling clear micro anglesite crystals that have formed in a cavernous goethite matrix. These are just fantastic under the microscope.

There is also some asociated yellow coloured smithsonite crystals which are quite unusual for the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
Gondwana Minerals