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Plumbonacrite & Elyite

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Plumbonacrite & Elyite

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Description
Locality: 
Lautenthal Slag Locality, Silberhütte, Lautenthal, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Plumbonakrite and elyite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plumbonacrite

Formula: 
Pb5(CO3)3O(OH)2
Strunz: 
5/C.08-20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
Type Locality: 
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK Or Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK

Elyite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.65
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Purple
Type Locality: 
Caroline tunnel, Ward mine (Silver King mine), Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA