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Lautenthalite & Malachite

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Lautenthalite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Meadowfoot Smelter Slag Locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.4 × 0.5 cm
Description

Lautenthalite and malachite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lautenthalite

Formula: 
PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.70
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lautenthal smelter (Silberhütte smelter) slag locality, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0