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Anglesite On Galena

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Anglesite On Galena

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7.5 × 6.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Transparent euhedral crystals of anglesite with very good lustre in different geodes on polycrystalline galena, typical from Monteponi, a Super Classic European locality.

Acquired in 1977. Ex. Christiane Bastiaens specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Galena

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

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