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Anglesite On Coronadite

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Anglesite On Coronadite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

A single orthorhombic gemmy clear anglesite crystal on a matrix of cavernous coronadite.

An old time Proprietary Mine specimen from the Jack Leach Collection #919.

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

Coronadite

Formula: 
Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
Strunz: 
4.DK.05a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Horse-Shoe shaft (Horseshoe Mine), Coronado Mine (Coronado Mining Co. property; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Coronado vein, Copper Plate Gulch, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Earthstones Australia

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