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Gartrellite & Mawbyite

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Gartrellite & Mawbyite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Yellow gartrellite spheres on quartz and orange mawbyite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gartrellite

Formula: 
Pb(Cu,Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4,SO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Mawbyite

Formula: 
Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia