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Lindströmite Gladite & Hammarite

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MNR807016

Lindströmite Gladite & Hammarite

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Description
Locality: 
Vyšná Boca, Liptovský Mikuláš County, Zilina Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Excellent specimen with rare sulphosalts in quartz/siderite matrix. There is Lindströmite, Gladite & Hammarite present as grey needles. Minerals are visible on both sides of specimen.Very rich sample from 2004 find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lindströmite

Formula: 
Pb3Cu3Bi7S15
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
lead-grey
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Gladhammar Mines, Västervik, Småland, Sweden

Gladite

Formula: 
PbCuBi5S9
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Gladhammar Mines, Västervik, Småland, Sweden

Hammarite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu2Bi4S9
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Gladhammar Mines, Västervik, Småland, Sweden