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Lanarkite & Elyite

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Lanarkite & Elyite

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Description
Locality: 
Herzog Julius Smelter Slag Locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Small sprays of Lanarkite up to 0.5 mm large near earthy pink Elyite on slag.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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

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