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Pillaite

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Description
Locality: 
Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

This is a very good specimen of pillaite, hard to find now. Pillaite occurs as black acicular crystals in the vugs of the white dolostone, with crystals up to 1 mm. Crystals of pillaite form also fibrous veins, with crystals up to 5 mm! It comes from 2004 findings in the southern part of the mine. Now, it is very hard to find specimens of pillaite of such a quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pillaite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5
Strunz: 
2.JB.35c
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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