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Plattnerite

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Plattnerite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm
Description

A sample of shiny black micro-crystals of platterite on limonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plattnerite

Formula: 
PbO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK