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Gartrellite Cerussite & Bayldonite

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Gartrellite Cerussite & Bayldonite

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Description
Locality: 
New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

A vuggy matrix is richly covered with pale yellow gartrellite and groups of small green bayldonite crystals and are associated with snowflake like translucent cerussite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gartrellite

Formula: 
Pb(Cu,Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4,SO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Bayldonite

Formula: 
PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK...
Earthstones Australia

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