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Phosgenite

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Phosgenite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

Pale-amber coloured, lustrous and well spiky terminated crystal of phosgenite Monteponi, a super classic European specimen. Under long UV it displays a very intense yellow fluorescence.

It comes with a fine old label from W.Maucher (Maucherite). It dates back to the period between 1909 (when Maucher started his dealership in Munich) and 1917, when he changed the design of his labels.

Collected before 1917. Ex Wilhelm Maucher (1879-1930), #348.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosgenite

Formula: 
Pb2CO3Cl2
Strunz: 
5.BE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White

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