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Phosphohedyphane & Galena

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Phosphohedyphane & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Worksop, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A cavity filled with yellow/green phosphohedyphane crystals in matrix with a large shiny galena to the base.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: 
Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
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