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Mallestigite With Linarite & Langite

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Mallestigite With Linarite & Langite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Neufinkenstein-Grabanz, Mallestiger Mittagskogel, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

From the type locality, tinny fan-like transparent aggregates of very rare mallestigite associated to blue green langite and dark blue linarite.

Acquired in 2012, it is an Ex. A.Gelders #532.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mallestigite

Formula: 
Pb3Sb5+(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Neufinkenstein-Grabanz District, Mallestiger Mittagskogel, Finkenstein, Karawanken, Carinthia, Austria

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

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

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