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Anglesite & Langite

EDS conf. specimen no. 19-11-25-ts9b

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

EDS conf. specimen no. 19-11-25-ts9b hosting brown anglesite associated with langite/posnjakite crystals. From an old Tsumeb collection. 

Analysis attached to analysis section. 

 

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

Langite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Anglesite & Langite
Analysis Report - only: Anglesite & Langite
Analysis Report - only: Anglesite & Langite
Analysis Report - only: Anglesite & Langite