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Lanarkite

EDS & Raman conf. no 794

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

Colourless lanarkite, partly coated with hydrocerussite and minor leadhillite, on bornite matrix from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 

EDS & Raman confirmed no 794. Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Lanarkite