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Boulangerite On Quartz & Rhodochrosite

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Boulangerite On Quartz & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Rosebery Mine, Rosebery District, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Black metallic boulangerite crystals in knotted groups around quartz crystals on a base of pink rhodochrosite rhombs

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania
Earthstones Australia

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